At 11:45 PM, 8-4-08 I could see a moon shadow on Jupiter 
to my surprize. I did not know if my new Telescope could do something like that. I was using a Celestron C5 on a Zhumell Astro tripod and a Starhunter 15mm Plossl eyepiece and a Celestron 8-24mm Zoom eyepiece and a Astro-Tech dielectric diagonal.
Anyway I just bought the C5 scope new from OPT, because I wanted a grab and go scope. I have a lot of experience with much bigger scopes, a Meade 8" SCT and a 10.1" Dob and an university owned 14" SCT. I also own a 80mm refractor. The 80mm is good for grab and go, but does not have the resolution I want from a telescope.
At first I could not align on Jupiter because my finderscope was not properly aligned to my main scope. So I aimed at Polaris, which moves very little and aligned my viewfinder. After aligning my viewfinder, I had no problem aligning on Jupiter. I forgot that I monkeyed with the viewfinder earlier today.
to my surprize. I did not know if my new Telescope could do something like that. I was using a Celestron C5 on a Zhumell Astro tripod and a Starhunter 15mm Plossl eyepiece and a Celestron 8-24mm Zoom eyepiece and a Astro-Tech dielectric diagonal. Anyway I just bought the C5 scope new from OPT, because I wanted a grab and go scope. I have a lot of experience with much bigger scopes, a Meade 8" SCT and a 10.1" Dob and an university owned 14" SCT. I also own a 80mm refractor. The 80mm is good for grab and go, but does not have the resolution I want from a telescope.
At first I could not align on Jupiter because my finderscope was not properly aligned to my main scope. So I aimed at Polaris, which moves very little and aligned my viewfinder. After aligning my viewfinder, I had no problem aligning on Jupiter. I forgot that I monkeyed with the viewfinder earlier today.
