RASC Hamilton Beautiful night on 16" last night

[Andy Blanchard]

Great news 

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On 2013-04-06, at 9:43 AM, Colin Haig <astronomer at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
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