I dragged out the telescope tonight, hoping to catch a good close-up of the Lunar eclipse. Unfortunately the (long dead) spider that had somehow managed to get inside the tube was stuck to the primary mirror and stubbornly resisted vacuuming! I thought that'd destroy the view, but it wasn't too bad. It was only when I tried higher magnifications that the moon looked like a blurry mess.

Anyhow, I grabbed the camera attachment and hooked up the old Nikon digital. I spent far too long outside in the 10 degree cold, but I did manage to capture at least one decent image:

More at the Flickr photo stream here.

Thankfully I seem to be thawing out now and all appendages are accounted for! Now I remember why I haven't been using the telescope lately. Brrrr....