Here is a first light report.
It was clear when I set it up but then some cloud hung around like a bad smell after dark so I was hopping through pot holes as they appeared looking at anything I could see. With a low power 24 Panoptic I saw a wonderful open cluster near the crux region. With so much cloud around I have no idea of which one it was though
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...lins/shrug.gif
I then pointed the scope to Alpha Crux - a bright double. Pumping up the magnification with a 2.5x powermate and a 9mm nagler gave a nice clean split of this double which I think is about 4 arc-seconds apart?
The clouds then parted directly overhead revealing orion, so I quickly pointed it to that. I've viewed this object so many times with my 10" LX200R over the last couple of years and I will never tire of viewing it - such a wonderful area. I only used the 24 Pan and the 9 nagler and could only make out 4 stars in the trap this time. Always worth a look though!
I breifly pointed it at mars, which was rather boring
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthrea...ins/tongue.gif but I then spotted saturn rising low on the eastern horizon so I turned the scope that way. It was a wonderful sight, and even though it was low on my eastern horizon (towards the city as I live in sydneys western suburbs) I could easily make out titan and rhea.
I wanted to view the moon, but between the clouds and two Gum trees in my front yard I never got a chance.
My power tank then started blinking low battery so I called it an early night, just when it seemed to be clearing up nicely...
Anyway, that was my first light report, and I can't wait until I get it under dark skies - most likely the SPSP will be my first chance to spend some quality time under dark skies with my new aquasitions.
The pic of the refractor on the same mount is from 10 minutes ago in my back yard as I wait for it to get dark 
