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Out at night
First time in TWO YEARS I've had a telescope out.
I wound up using the little Astroscan. It's not bad for what it is, but 1/12 the light gathering of my "normal" 15" scope, it's really hard to get excited about it. Also it's a very wide angle scope, and even with a 5mm eyepiece, I can't get much magnification out of it. And my eyepieces are mostly so large and heavy that it's hard to use the scope with them; it just nosedives.
observing report here
I wound up using the little Astroscan. It's not bad for what it is, but 1/12 the light gathering of my "normal" 15" scope, it's really hard to get excited about it. Also it's a very wide angle scope, and even with a 5mm eyepiece, I can't get much magnification out of it. And my eyepieces are mostly so large and heavy that it's hard to use the scope with them; it just nosedives.
observing report here