Finally after some crap weather i was able to get out and see the moon and saturn for the first time since i got my new scope. goto is still a bit shakey, i actually just ran outside when they both aligned with my due east, pinetree-lined street, spotted them, slewed by hand, and peeked at them for about 20 minutes or so (its damn cold tonight). Some good stuff if i do say so myself. I have a 32mm plossl, 2x barlow, 20mm plossl, and a newly arrived televue 9mm thanks to astromart to rock on my ASGT Celestron 80ed. everything worked great, of course the 9mm barlowed looked the best for saturn, a faint cassini division but it was still relatively small. Moon was great too, the mrs.'s was impressed. I couldnt find the good camera so this is a trash pic from a 2 mpxl camera through the barlowed 20mm, but i thought it came out ok for my very first attempt and first moon sighting. Im posting just out of sheer excitment alone, enjoy the freshness of it all with me.
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