fifeskies

thanks for that , I will tag all my adapters to make sure I remember my "standard" .

Hi "Wandering eye" 

do you remember what polarity you wired up the new socket

I am (like many others) about to upgrade the supplied power connector on my NEQ6 Pro to something a bit more robust.

A common choice seems to be the 2 pole aviation style locking connector

Is there an accepted polarity convention for the plug/socket 

(ie pin 1 ground pin 2 +ve).

Clearly as long as a standard is maintained throughout (all connectors maintaining the same polarity) , it wont matter a lot.

Just wondered if there was an accepted way round, let me know which you have used.

image is as it was on the night , no deliberate flipping but of course newtonians do that

sky was actually very bright up here in the North , (though looks dark in the photos) , no astronomical darkness here for a full 3 months in summer

This washed out the dimmer full disk that would have been visible if the sky was darker

at about the maximum cover the moon took on a yellow tint

30 mins or so later the shadow has retreated and the yellow tint has gone leaving the moon its more usual white colour

Just a couple of smartphone photos from the eyepiece of my 8 inch newtonian