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I got everything unpacked (about 15 boxes worth!) and started setting up. Realised I needed to move to somewhere bigger than my bedroom! Moved to the kitchen and got all the mount (very nicely engineered EQ5, although I am comparing this with the shockingly bad EQ mount that Celestron supply with their 114 shorty) set up on a pretty sturdy tripod (glad that Sky-Watcher are now providing stainless steel legs - it must have been terrifying to put this scope on aluminium legs). Then it was time to move everything outside so that I could attach the counterweights and finally (*fanfare*) the OTA.

I, of course, then spent the next 2 hours figuring out what the heck was going on!

After balancing the scope I did a rough polar alignment (still not sure what exactly needs to be locked and what doesn't but I will sort that out). The slow motion controls are really smooth and easy to use, even with chunky gloved hands.