Last night: "First Light" for my newest telescope, a 6" (1200mm fl)
Skywatcher Newtonian which I've installed on an old Vixen Super Polaris
mount and tripod. It's very old-school (that's how I roll), with not a
single electronic circuit or motor to be seen, but I'm very pleased with
my initial observations with this 'scope; Venus showed its half-phase
very clearly, the Andromeda Galaxy and satellite galaxies M32 and M110
were beautiful (even in my light-polluted location), and
the Double Cluster in Perseus filled the field at 30X--spectacular!
I've wanted a long-tube reflector like this for many years, and sitting
under the stars last night in my back garden with double star Gamma
Andromedae sharply defined at 120X, I am quite happy with my new "optik
tube".
This evening is forecast to be even better than last night...can you guess what I'll be doing?
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