Digiscoping with a TAL-120 telescope (part 1)

A small panasonic compact camera attached to a digiscoping bracket,
which is mounted on a TAL-120 telescope

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"Digiscoping" is usually taken to mean

The new 'scope arrives ...

  The new telescope arrived as scheduled on the Monday.
Unboxing shots:

In the shipping box, after I have removed the "pier" stand.

The various "bits and bobs" included with the TAL-120 telescope.
The "adapter" is really a short T-mount extension ring, and would be used with SLRs with a relatively short flange-to-focal-plane distance. Not used with my Sony dSLR, but could be useful if you have a Canon or suchlike.
The "Cross-hairs Reticle" screws into one of the eyepieces and is used during setting up for aligning the main telescope tube with the smaller finderscope (which has its own built-in reticle).
The "Barrel"