Yeah, better lighting on the scope would've been good Mike ... at the time I was a bit tired and didn't really think it through more than "gotta get the scope in it, damn, that light's not shining on it right, damnit... oh well..."
Any reason why you couldn't got for 30 or 60sec exposures? That would have probably brought the scope out more without artificial lighting...
Yeah... good idea .. .. At the time I was concerned about the sky exposing more than I wanted... but in reality, it probably could've handled at least 15 seconds before it would've been brighter than I wanted.. next time Thanks!
... at the time I was a bit tired and didn't really think it through more than "gotta get the scope in it, damn, that light's not shining on it right, damnit... oh well..." 
.. At the time I was concerned about the sky exposing more than I wanted... but in reality, it probably could've handled at least 15 seconds before it would've been brighter than I wanted.. next time
