my new telescope

Hello folks,Well it finally stopped raining last night and I got to use my new AR5 for more than just an hour.Although I live where it feels like day time 24 hrs a day I got some really good views.I'm really happy with my new scope,even with a little fringe around the moon and Jupiter.The bands around Jupiter were very visible and everything around me was lit up.It took all the power I could give it when viewing the moon with the same clarity as a lower powered eyepiece.I finally got to see M13 with it and it resolved most of it.I think if I could get it away from all the light I could do a whole lot better.All in all I'm glad I bought this telescope.I had my 10" dob out with me at the same time so I was going back and forth between them to compare.The AR5 held its own against the dob but the dob has more character-I built it.The mount I'm using for the AR5 is actually for a 5" reflector,and it has never been as accurate as it was last night,maybe the extra couple of pounds were needed for this goto mount. Everything I would tell it to go to wound up centered almost every time.Well,I just wanted to post a little of how it went.If its not raining I'll be out again at about 3am.I think I've found a good dark place to view next week-end,I'm anxious to see how it does with no street lights.Clear Skies,Darrell

Hi Darrel,
Excellent, I am so happy to hear that the scope was lots of fun. I am still waiting to get to take a look through my 127mm ED Meade, but as usual there are clouds over the whole sky since the day I left to pick it up!
I hope that mine performs as well for me as yours did for you.

Great report Darrell!
Glad to hear you are enjoying the scope!


Clear skies! 8)