The nerd was out in the dark last night. I finally got around to borrowing the telescope from the Wellington Astronomical Society this week, and took it for a test run on the deck last night.
It is a 6′ Newtonian, which will something to the occasional person in the audience.
I found Saturn and was so pleased when it worked. The image was there, small admittedly but palnet and the rings visible-brill. It was not a great night fro the stars as too many clouds, but success all te same. So more nerdy nigths in the pipeline.
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The passage of time in Wellington and elsewhere