Stand back, I'm going to try Science!

Update!
...So it took over 3 hours to point and focus the telescope....no big deal, it works now. It's time to try some science. Our target nebula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2371) isn't high enough in the sky yet, so we're taking some (an hour's worth) pictures of M33 (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080913.html) in OIII. It's really quite amazing, all the technology and automation. We're warm and toasty in the control room, and a couple of clicks of the mouse fire off a sequence of guided, filtered, digital pictures. Just as a point of reference, our camera is a bit more advanced than the typical vacation point-and-shoot. We're rolling with 64 Megapixels, and each picture is a whopping ~120 Mb. I'll post some pictures of the equipment and control room tomorrow, after I get some daylight to work with.

UPDATE: First image just came in! It looks like....well...nondescript fuzziness. But that's normal. Fuzzy blobs in space.