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Other usage of the SW Dobs mount

Both Dob and EQ have their strength and weakness.

SkyTee-2 arrived with the extension pillar, and had a quick set up for the ST2. It felt super sturdy and strong. Seems it will perform well with long and heavy OTAs.

Last night sky cleared at about 11pm, so set the Carton and StarTravel150 on the ST2. All performed great. The Carton 80mm stunned me with sharp optics - especially on Saturn, this was the winner - very pleasing sharp image with more natural colour was impressive. The ST150 was also excellent .
The SkyTee was rock sturdy, even more so now with added counter weights, and two substantially heavy and large scopes. It handled all remarkably.

Enjoyed view of Saturn until 1:30am when the wind got strong, packed in, and went to bed. A great First Light night.

Orion DX300 f5.3 on GPDX - motor operated very smoothly.

I bought an old scope, and found this leaflet in the box. A pice of history..?

Just got this book delivered today, and had a quick scan. Seems a really good book for general Astronomy topics and also finding celestial objects.

M31 looked something like this.

Found this book while clearing out the cupboard. Interesting.

Found this book while arranging book shelf. Interesting.