Now I'm A Real Astronomer

Got certified last night on the 36" telescope at the George Observatory.  It's not exactly an easy process since there's a lot of things that can go wrong.  Moving the scope is fraught with danger because there's lots of stuff it can run into in the dark.  But using common sense and keeping a sharp eye on the scope and counterweight will prevent problems.

I did have a problem in the beginning when one the "Point and View" screens came up blank.  But we found that if MegaStar is running in night vision mode, it causes problems with PnV.  Turning off night vision and putting the red filter on the CRT solved the problem.

So now I'm a big time astronomer and I can spend Saturday nights describing the same object over and over and over to people.