Tina and I were early for the last night of the "The Producers" last Saturday night up at the Ogunquit playhouse in Maine. It was the first clear night in about two weeks, and there was the first quarter moon..just sitting there..and the WO 80ED with AT Voyager mount was in the car. Well it didn't take long before I had that scope set up, and pretty soon the line to see the moon at 80X through the scope and binoviewer was longer than the line to pick up tickets for the play. I took a moment to show some folks Jupiter and its moons, which was also visible over the awning of the theater, but mostly it was the moon - lots of oohs and aahs, and first quarter moon is perfect for public observing. Just goes to show ya - never go anywhere without your grab-and-go scope!
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