I got my 5 inch Mak back from Orion yesterday. I had sent it in for a minor repair.
On the very night of it's return the skies were clear! The seeing was not the best but I actually got to use it the day it came back.
I looked at the planets, except Mercury, and a few galaxies. Split a few doubles but seeing was fair at best. Could not see a lot of nebulosity in Orion and the galaxies were faded out and some of my regulars I couldn't see at all. But the scope came back perfectyl collimated, which it was before I sent it out. Also I put the finder scope back on and it was dead on!
But, its the first I've been out with my scope in sometime. I figured once the scope was back it would be cloudy until the full Moon, but what a surprise. I should have bought a lotto ticket last night ;-)
Daryl
On the very night of it's return the skies were clear! The seeing was not the best but I actually got to use it the day it came back.
I looked at the planets, except Mercury, and a few galaxies. Split a few doubles but seeing was fair at best. Could not see a lot of nebulosity in Orion and the galaxies were faded out and some of my regulars I couldn't see at all. But the scope came back perfectyl collimated, which it was before I sent it out. Also I put the finder scope back on and it was dead on!
But, its the first I've been out with my scope in sometime. I figured once the scope was back it would be cloudy until the full Moon, but what a surprise. I should have bought a lotto ticket last night ;-)
Daryl
