well here we are,

set up the scope on saturday, charged the battery, took the scope outside in the little bit of sunny weather we had, aligned the red dot, bit difficult in the sunlight, but with a bit of shading of the object manged it, i hope!

so, it is daylight and let me start playing with it in the daylight whilst i can still see, connect the battery and switch on - nothing - fiddle with all the connections - still nothing - stiff upper lip and as it is easier to take the battery back to the shop rather than the scope, put it in the bag for monday.

So we are back at the shop - and at first it doesnt work, then they change the lead to the scope and, low and behold, it does work - i was plugging in the wrong lead - even though i was told by the guy in the shop when i picked up the battery, that the lead was the correct one for the celestron. What is more, i am told that the lead was in the box, i did say that I had compleately unpacked the box, but agreed to look through it again

so, after another game of Russian Dolls, when I was tired after work and surprise, surprise, nothing there, I am now going tback to the shop, again, to pick up a spare one. well the bright side is i havent got to wait until one is sent from celestron. meanwhile the weather has been sunshine and tipping it down.

I know i have said before that I wanted to take it slowly, but i would like to use it for more than looking at a chimney pot at the end of the street.!