Almost September, the dark nights are already here, the dark evenings are fast approaching.

Currently busy paying back my student loan, but once that is done I shall be purchasing either an Equinox 80 or Evostar 80ED, I keep swaying to one or the other, but either way it should be an excellent replacement for my ST80 (which I will probably have to sell to make space). This will be used on the CG-4 for visual and, if I am brave, a dabble in wide-field astrophotography, mostly star field views but perhaps planets too.

I'd also like to try a TAL 100RS on the CG-4 mount, that should be excellent for planets and the moon. I know the 8SE is probably it's equal or better, but the factor of size comes into it - the 8SE and NEQ6 are very big and heavy, and I can't always be arsed to get them out!

I have a bashed toe at the moment so have not been willing to do much for the past week, I may get the CG-4 out this week (weather permitting) as the toe is showing signs of slowly healing, but the last thing I want to do is bash it again.