Sort of proof that I'm a bit of a slacker I'm afraid. I did take a shot last Sunday, the Sun was out, getting a little low to offer the best viewing but I've nothing to show. I was distracted for a large part of last week for reasons I won't go into here and I've been trying to tidy the area I set my telescope of all the wood I have accumulated. The reason I don't have anything to show from last weekend was that the batteries died. Literally at the point that I had completed the alignment, entered date, time lat & long, yada, yada, got it into the Solar tracking mode, went back in to get the filter and camera and something to weigh down the tripod and when I come out all is quiet, the usual faint whirr of the motor tracking the telescope is absent and when I check the handset the the display is dead. I know it's not a real excuse, but by the time the batteries had been recharged the Sun was far too low. I suppose that a serious astronomer would have a spare set of batteries ready to go, but, as we know, I don't come into the 'serious' category and 8 spares is a lot to keep lying around and away from the kids who would commandeer them unless they were watched 24/7! Forecast not good for the next couple of days but hoping to have something to show before next weekend.
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