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You definitely CAN'T be in Britain then! 😂😂😂

Hi and welcome, Dan 👋

I am going to mention that you might need to collimate that telescope too. That is adjusting the mirrors so that they are all centred and aligned. But that is something you will be doing fairly often with that optical design anyway. An inexpensive simple device called a "Cheshire eyepiece" will make it a lot easier. So if you find that your views are bad, that would be the most likely problem. Just look for collimating newtonian reflector / telescope for how-to. There is a thread on here and other forums on how to do it Edit: I think it is possible that the tube was pushed in to hold the secondary mirror in place (if the tube is larger than the secondary mirror) for shipping - not that it is a good idea. But if you push the tube back out the focuser and you disturb the secondary, you have not broken the telescope unless you chip the mirror. All that will need to be done is collimating the telescope. Only thing that you or anyone needs to worry about when collimating is not to drop anything down the telescope tube onto the mirror. Like all things, first time or two will be the worst but it will get easier with practice.

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Hi Mozza 👋 Welcome to the lounge

Messier 33 from my garden beats it for underwhelming!

You could have named the interloper "Sidus Ludovicianum" 😉

I just managed to see Jupiter and Saturn about half an hour ago between the scudding clouds. Total time I had of clear sky was about 8 seconds, over 2 gaps in the clouds. Used my Canon 10x30 IS binoculars. Low down over the hill crest but looking fantastic. I'm going to look again but I think this'll be it. As good as can be expected for Northern England... Edit: Went back upstairs for another look after posting this and managed to get a longer view with my Nikon 8x40 CF binos. But only through the bathroom window which is stuck shut. Watched it til it was hidden by a low cloud and just before it would have disappeared behind the roof of the old farmhouse a short distance away. It's over for me now, unless a miracle happens tomorrow.

"Tactical" usually equals flat / matt black 😉

🙋 How tactical is "Tactical"? And what tactics are used?

Knot at all. I just want to know the special ones that only work on glow in the dark versions

Do you know any glow in the dark paracord knots?

I prefer dark coloured ink on the mouthpiece 😉 Looks much funnier

That is like my favourite little trick especially for those that love to kick snowmen. I build a little snowman around a brick! 😈

A good way to hold the acetate on is a metal disc soldered around the edges to secure it. It'll also help prevent ruining your dark-adaptation. Comes in handy as a dark light too for cancelling out any unwanted light

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That torch worries me. I'm scared that I'll get sunburn from holding it when it is in UV mode 😀

Maybe the diagonal mirror needs adjusting. Where's the diagonal mirror on my torch?

Is there a set of Bob's Knobs for it? 😃

Yesterday morning while it was still dark I shone my little Maglite Solitaire torch ("flashlight" to you folk across The Pond) at the wall and noticed that the dark hole wasn't centred. Can anyone please collimate it for me? I've no experience at collimating torches and can't find the collimating screws! Here's a picture of the what I was getting...

Post a warning sign on the gate: BEWARE OF THE DARK Sorted!

Pretty high-risk too. The damage caused by any complications after the procedure can be worse than even the worst cases of vitreous floaters. I know - I have them really bad and the local hospital near me went from "no way will we do it" to over-enthusiasm to do the vitrectomy in the space of a year. A little bit of quick research convinced me that I didn't want to be a guinea pig. If you are wondering how bad mine are: any light to see anything, no matter how dim; my floaters show. Views through an eyepiece give distortion fields like refractive errors drifting across my fov and if the exit pupil is small, the view is like a dense snowball globe. I just try exercise more patience when looking.

Some people swear by Avon Skin So Soft with citronella in it for a midge repellant. Others just swear 😉

You don't know what you're missing... Cygnus Hercules Lyra Aquila Perseus Ophiuchus And a load more And ALL the goodies that come with those! And you're not freezing your cajonies off whilst you're outside 😄

My tuppence-worth says that you'll be limited to low-power sweeping from a house window. Forget anything involving magnification for the reasons already mentioned and no matter what, what you'll really want to look at is bound to be just out of reach of where you can point your scope to. Worth doing for when you can't get out for whatever reason but limited.