So I finally made a decision and bought a scope. Ordered a Zhummel 8" dob from telescopes.com. I'm chomping at the bit to get my hands on it, but will have to wait until Friday to get it. Hope to get it set up that night and get a first light report up.
So I'll be giving my friend back his 6" dob on Tuesday. Since I'll be scopeless for a few days I got out tonight to try and get some time in. Did some more looking at Saturn, which I'm sure I'll keep doing as long as it's up. And then thought I'd try to see if I could split the double in Castor. The seeing was pretty bad, and there was a steady breeze, but I was able to make out the double just barely. Pretty cool. I never thought I would find the double star stuff interesting, but I found that to be pretty fun. After that I went back to Saturn, and then packed it in for the night. Hopefully the breeze will be gone tomorrow night and the seeing will be better.
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