Yesterday night at around 10pm, the sky starts to clear up a bit and I decided to go out for my 8" F5 Newtonian's First Light session!!
The setup on the trolley was very easy and pushing the trolley to the destination was almost effortless.
The most tiring part was carrying my almost 30kg pelican case to the lift level. My usual site at the Mosque was in bad condition.
Insects flying around and the ground are very soft and wet. I think they just cut the grass and the long rain a few days before cause the ground to be very soft.Anyway, after searching in the area, I decided to setup my scope at the basketball court near the swimming pool. The site was not dark, but at least the court lightings were off at around 11pm. I aim the scope at the Moon and Saturn. The Moon was very nice and sharp, but I notice that the Saturn look a bit blur at high magnification. I point the scope at the Sirius to perform a star test check and the star test confirm that the collimation was off. I struggle a bit to collimate the scope ( too long never practise :oops: ) and finally with the help of the Moonlight, I manage to get a very good collimation. The Saturn at high magnification looks a lot better and sharper after the collimation.
Later, Klutz and her friend join me at around 2.30am and after an hour of observing the Moon, Saturn (Saturn looks very cute and nice at low magnification as the cloud “fly” past it), M41 and M42 (I can see the A, B, C, D, E and F star in Trapezium), we call it a day and packed up.
Overall, the First Light session was a successful one and was quite happy with the scope performance. The sky was clear most of the time, but the bright Moon somehow cause the sky to look very bright. I think may be the high moisture in the atmosphere causing the sky to reflect the Moonlight. Although didn’t manage to observe much, but at least I can try up my setup.
The below are some issues to be sort out:
1) The scope focuser has too much “play”. This cause the collimation of the secondary to be quite inconsistence.
2) Come out with a standard collimation procedure that I can quickly collimate the scope even in darkness.
Have a nice day.
"The universe is composed mainly of hydrogen and ignorance." 
)with the old EQ3-2 tripod base. I thought of getting the HAL-110WT, but it is very heavy and very expensive. 