Telescope Reviews: First light on my 8mm Ethos

My 8E arrived today

, so I went out to my closet "almost" dark site an ancient monestary in the hills south of Avignon, France called Saint Michel de frigolet. I had to work fast because the moon would be up around 23h00. Soo Soon as it was dark enough I scanned my favorite summer playgrounds, Sagittarius & Scorpius, the teapot was directly south but high off the horizon this time of summer! Found M22 in my finder & put my 12Nag on it first for comparison, then I put in my new baby! The atmosphere was not stable

but M22 just filled my the FOV edge to edge, revolving stars I'd say to half middle, yes! got myself a new glob buster!

Pushed the Dob up high hoping for more stable air but I was fighting scattered clouds also

, and locked onto M13, same story the whole glob fit nicely into the field of view, and again even with the front coming in resolved stars to half center! Ok I'll wait for stable atmosphere just to see how well The globs can be resolved, pushed back down to the teapot and got M8 & M20 in the finder, again I put in the 12Nag first to compare views first without my ultrablock, then with it. The 8E showed the huge dark lane through the middle of the Lagoon very well with all the stars behind it & seperated the three parts of the Trifid nicely with that pretty little circular cluster behind it showing up well, but I wasn't going to get much detail on the nebulosity tonight

, the moon was coming up behind me soo I swung the Dob around to point the 8 on her. The moon was boiling

so after a quick look I gave up, gonna have to wait for a stable night for some serious study! Not a terrific first light but I could still tell this piece is going to be a dandy on globs, going to wait for the new moon & good seeing for my next session.

Shawn

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xt10i with Telrad & feather touch focuser & huge Boston Red Sox decal
Starblast
15x70 Celestron Skymasters
35Stratus
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13 Ethos
8 Ethos
Orion ultrablock
Astronomik OIII
Tele Vue 2x barlow
Antares 1.6x barlow (2")
CATSEYE collimation tools