They were doing some work on the Faulkes scope and needed an eyepiece for part of the initial adjustments, so Mark came over and asked if I'd like to look thru the scope. He then explained that he had mounted an eyepiece (no diagonal) and the view was pretty good. M57 could be seen with color and the central star, it looked dime sized in the FOV but I must admit that it was a quick view in an unusual position. A diagonal and a chair would have helped ;^) Either way, it was a memorable look with a photo. I guess the magnification was up around 3300X , I believe the EP was a 31mm Pan, maybe a 41Pan Mark Elphick of Faulkes is a very fine fellow, always helping when we have guests up, always glad to show the scope and talk about equipment and projects that FTN conducts. Aloha Rob