I finally took the plunge and bought an 18″ Obsession telescope. Ronnie Harris (webmaster for Obsession) and observing buddy David Lamb had their 6 year old 18″ scope up for sale at an affordable price, so after work on Tuesday, I made a five hour round-trip drive down to Mississippi and came back with an excellent classic Obsession. No major issues. I didn’t have time to do anything that night so I just left it in the car. Yesterday, I had just enough time to unload it (with some ramps I borrowed from my dad) and get it into my 10′ x 15′ roll-off-roof observatory before a big thunderstorm came up. I’m sure the storm was brought on by the new-scope-effect!
Last night, in spite of the stifling heat and humidity, I managed to at least get the scope set up even though I didn’t get to do any real observing.
Following is a series of “First Assembly” pics.
Warp three Mister Sulu. Let’s see what’s out there!
