Murphy, rain and temperatures exceeding 100 degrees F. put a damper on outside telescope work. Indoors, my telescope accessories order arrived from SVBONY China after only a few days delivery time. I had a great time testing the low cost eyepieces, focal reducers, barlows, and other items. Despite low cost, these items have superb performance. Still, the extension tube ordered for the CT80 telescope appears short and may not reach focus! I have the longer tube on order but there's a holdup with the USA order. I did EP testing with the f/3.95 3-inch Firstscope. All the EPs worked great except for the 40mm in which an image of the secondary appeared. It worked fine with the 32mm. At these super low powers, the scope works well to a focus through the glass window! I'm still waiting for the mounts for testing with the 9.25 and 14. I noticed the fewer lens combinations yield brighter images with distortion absent. I especially like this idea with the Barlow or the Focal Reducer on the Edge HD telescopes.
