From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@me.com>

Date: August 17, 2010 5:04:06 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, autoguiding@yahoogroups.com

Subject: ready for guiding with Kwiq scope..

Milton & others,

I`m ready to start guiding using the facility in Astro IIDC, a Kwiq guidescope & my  PGR Scorpion 20SOM CCD.

I`d have started last night on NGC 6744 using Peacock with Precise Go To on my CG-5 & C9.25 to begin with but clouds closed me down.

I got out later & managed to focus the Kwiq guidescope through gaps in the cloud, on Achernar no problem.

I`m cross posting this, I don`t know if the autoguiding group currently has attachments enabled but I`ll be adding 2 photos to my Photos page ( should be in New Photos too) on both groups in any event.

If this fails for any reason I now have 250 metres of view on land objects at my new site & can perhaps still resort to my Celestron Radial Guider OAG..

The photos show basic set-up & Achernar as Grabbed with the Scorpion..

Mark.