Add a quick release mechanism between the mount and the pillar, need to try out polar alignment so that it could be far faster later.
Did a few test shots afterward of M81 and M82.
Also M41.
Canon EF 200mm f2.8 acting as the main scope, and the Canon FD 300mm f2.8 modified as the guidescope.
It didn't get dark until around 9:30pm... so summer came!
Our small backyard opens up some cosmic opportunities.
I used my 85mm ED refractor for observation. Wide field with a 20mm widescan, high power with a SVBony 9mm and a TMB 4mm eyepiece.
The moon was so close to M45, a great side that could be seen within the same field of view of the 20mm widescan.
Soon I pulled out my Canon 10x30 IS and my 18x50 IS for quick scanning.
I looked at a couple of open clusters.
We looked at the Jupiter, and the Mars.
Later I pulled out my green laser pointer, to show them around the night sky.
It was not exactly dark, but that certainly brings a lot of joy.
