Mar 30

More pics

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Came back from a trip to DC and it was the first clear night in a while so we took the scope out. I was also wanted to try the EZ Focus kit as well as see if I needed to collimate the scope (correct the alignment between the secondary mirror and primary mirror). Seeing conditions weren’t great so I didn’t collimate but did get shots of Saturn and M3 (a globular cluster of stars).

Hubble's Secondary MirrorDuring our trip back home, we stopped at the NASA Goddard Space Center and got to see a replica of Hubble’s secondary mirror (shown here) — the secondary mirror is larger then my primary mirror I think.