Telescope Reviews: Re: First Light

Wrathchild,
The azimuth movement is good when moving from one object to the next, but it is terrible while tracking an object like Saturn. The only mod I've done so far was replacing the center base bolt/nut with clevis bolt/pin. That helped with general movement but not so much with tracking. It still sticks when attempting small movements.

Second Light
Last night was my first time ever viewing Saturn and it was awesome. Started off the 17mm Hyperion, don't have the 13mm yet, and as it came into focus I just slowly mouthed the word W O W. So I got brave went for the 9mm w/barlow. Saturn didn't look so small but know I understand how the atmoshpere effects your view (Seeing).

The Beehive (M44) looks even more impressive with a telescope versus binos. It took a while to find because the moon was washing out most of the stars in Cancer. The best few was with the 21mm Hyperion. I totally forgot about using 32mm that came with the scope. But it'll still be there next time.

I ended the evening with views of the moon. Started with 17mm Hyperion and finished with the 9mm w/barlow. The detail was outstanding.

I definitely need to get a stool of some sort because the lawn chair I'm using just doesn't cut it. Anything above about 65-70 degrees and I have to stand-up and bend down to view the eyepiece. My aging back can't take much of that.

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Karl
Zhumell 20x80 Binos
Zhumell 10" Dob
WO 28mm UWAN
TV 13mm Ethos
TV 8mm Ethos

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