RASC Hamilton Beautiful night on 16" last night

[Colin Haig]

Beautiful night last night - was out at the observatory for a few hours.

The 16" is working great, no issues with paramount - pointing 
flawlessly and tracking very nicely. Perhaps it was the temperature 
changes and frost/ice in the mount or something.

The main mirror is a bit dirty, but coatings look okay.

Roger handed me one of those snap-in filters for my camera, I managed 
to get some shots of the rosette, and am processing them this morning.
Unfortunately forgot my glasses, so appear to have a bit of a focus 
problem :-(

Anyway things appear to be working fine. If I get some spare time 
this weekend, I will bring a UPS up to the site to protect the 
computer and scope from power surges and outages.

Cheers
Colin