Congratulations Steve on owning such a nice scope.
Have never actually looked through one myself but did read a nice
review of it. You should be able to observe thousands of celestial
sights with it that is if this lake effect cloud cover ever clears.
I went out last night for the first time in weeks and turned on my
scope and took one image of capella through the clouds just to make
sure my SAC 10 ccd camera worked. It did.
Hope you have many clear nights of discovery with your new scope.
Patrick





--- In northstarastronomical@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Downing"
<sjdown@y...> wrote:
>
> Hello Northstar Group!
>
> It was frustrating to see all your announcements about meetings and
> celestial events that we couldn't really appreciate without a
decent
> telescope. My sister gave me a copy of Astronomy magazine for
> Christmas and they had a good review of several scopes for kids,
one
> reviewed was the Skyquest Orion XT8 and I couldn't resist ordering
one
> for us. Now we can join you in seeing the celestial delights
you're
> always talking about!
>
> I'm looking forward to using this new scope and eventually meeting
you
> all in a warmer season for a night of star gazing.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve
>