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Astro heart-stopping moments
in The Astro Lounge
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I had gotten myself a new Sky-Watcher 80 ED and had just finished setting it up on the mount and tripod. I took my hands off it for a split second and turned around and I heard metal rubbing against metal. I turned around and to my horror, I realized that I had forgotten to lock one of the tripod legs. It slid backwards and was about to fall onto the ground. Thankfully, acting on instinct, me and my brother (who was nearby) Grabbed the scope literally a centimeter off the ground. Thankfully, no damage was sustained apart from the dew shield sliding off partially as my brother grabbed it there. I injured mt back though as the scope landed on me. Nearly gave me a heart attack.