First Light - Solar view

[johntrob]

I took my assembled scope into the yard and viewed the pine cones.

That worked.

So then I put the solar filter on and started chasing the sun.

That showed me that I would expend much more effort when I tried it at night, attempting to find much much smaller objects.

Definitely an eye opener. It was good practice in moving the scope manually to locate an object.

Hope to get out this weekend and try a night viewing, if I can figure out the Go To by then. If not and I can see enough of the moon I will try to catch it.

All in all, it was a very enjoyable time.