I got the telescope! Turns out it’s a 6” but that’s ok. Niece kept it mint. Not a scratch outside and perfectly clean mirrors and baffles. Collimation was a snap. We’ve been in a 10 week drought and recent two weeks not even a cloud.

Last night was the longest lunar eclipse of the century. Mars is bright. We have cloud cover and rain.

I learned that telescopes cause rain. I didn’t know that.