At the last minute we decided to go to the New Forest in Herman. The weather forecast was to be good, the best weather we will have had for many weeks because of all the rain we've had. So, it'd be a good opportunity to take the telescope & try out my new deep sky camera.
I thought I'd go just before sunset because that would give time to setup in day light (to see what I am doing) & practise on the sun, moon and maybe even the planet Mercury. But clouds got in the way and I realised that I'd have use a polar mount (that's when the scope starts off pointing at the pole star) due to the restricted movement caused by the large camera.
Setup of the pole mount was simple (never tried it before) and star alignment was really good (new batteries also helps). It was at this point when trying to focus on the star Vega that I realised that the electronic focuser wasn't working.
So, no photos were taken but at least I got some practice in and saw a clear sky for once.
