Fairly basic question

Maygray,
You had better luck than I did,Isetup about 800pm and by the time it got dark the clouds and ground fog had moved in, I did'nt even get see anything
Jay

Welcome to Ireland me 'auld mucker!

Thanks all,

Its a nice thing bout this site that you not made to feel totally clueless!!

to "artyfarty"..you right, it is amazin, cant stop lookin up... ha ha

to dave grennan.... you might be right bout focusing. improving with
practice,.... and patience is a vertue i will jus have to learn!!!!!!!

to trevor.....I think collimation ok in scope. Out of focus star images are symmetrical. Am i correct in saying that that is the test for collimation?? i am watchin moons, fascinating to see... bit of a head wrecker to try to appreciate the size and distances of it all!! Great!!

to frank.. was in Spain myself, pity I had no scope... beautiful clear nights............... ha ha ha..... jus tryin to figure out if you actually brought scope on hols... ha ha THATS DEDICATION FOR YA !!!!

To Jay.....never thought I would say it, but roll on the winter!!!

CHEERS ALL ... KEVIN

To Magray,

What do you mean by 'roll on the winter'?

I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE WINTER!

Its hard to believe it can get any worse!