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16-11-2012, 09:37 PM
First Light : SharpStar 107ED Triplet ..!!
2 nights ago ... went out around 8 o'clock ..setup the Scope and did a quick ' pan ' around ( alt/az mount ) ...sky was fairly ordinary...so I gave it away for a while .... waiting for Pleiades / Jupiter / and Orion to appear.
11pm .... what a difference ...the sky was ' black ' this time . :thumbsup:
All 3 ' targets ' were climbing high in the eastern sky.
Jupiter was 1st ...using a Vixen LV Zoom 8 to 24...the planet was very bright ... so using a ' yellow ' filter the ' Bands ' just displayed themselves like ' highways ' stretching across the planet.
Views were ' crisp and clean ' contrast excellent ...and her moons were like diamonds ' hovering ' along with her.
Next was the Pleiades ( 7 Sisters ) ...just beautiful using a 35mm Panoptic ..filled the whole eyepiece ...but ... I could notice a very ' tiny ' ever so small ' comet like ' tail on the stars...at the outer edge.
Switch over to a 24mm Tak ( smaller fov ) stars went to ' pin point ' .
What a joy using Tak eyepieces with this Scope .. very contrasty indeed.
Put in a Orion ' ultra block ' filter ... and could make out the ' wispy ' blue Nebula that surrounds some of these stars.
Then came Orion Nebula ( M42 ) ...what a sight that was ...the sky was so ' black ' ... the expanse of the Nebula was spread out like ' angel wings ' ... really outstanding to look at .... I could easily see 4 inner stars of the Trapezium .. and using averted vision .. a 5th appeared just faintly ... I just sat and looked and looked at this for ages ..!!
I went back and forth between these 3 ' targets ' for some time ... and called it in about 1am.
During this time .. I used several different focal length eyepieces ..just to give the Scope a good ' try out ' ........was not disappointed ..!!
This Scope ' sports ' a 3" inch Focuser ...fully rotatable 360# degree ..!!
The SharpStar 107 ED is a wonderful performer .... I am glad I bought it.
Flash ..!! :D
2 nights ago ... went out around 8 o'clock ..setup the Scope and did a quick ' pan ' around ( alt/az mount ) ...sky was fairly ordinary...so I gave it away for a while .... waiting for Pleiades / Jupiter / and Orion to appear.
11pm .... what a difference ...the sky was ' black ' this time . :thumbsup:
All 3 ' targets ' were climbing high in the eastern sky.
Jupiter was 1st ...using a Vixen LV Zoom 8 to 24...the planet was very bright ... so using a ' yellow ' filter the ' Bands ' just displayed themselves like ' highways ' stretching across the planet.
Views were ' crisp and clean ' contrast excellent ...and her moons were like diamonds ' hovering ' along with her.
Next was the Pleiades ( 7 Sisters ) ...just beautiful using a 35mm Panoptic ..filled the whole eyepiece ...but ... I could notice a very ' tiny ' ever so small ' comet like ' tail on the stars...at the outer edge.
Switch over to a 24mm Tak ( smaller fov ) stars went to ' pin point ' .
What a joy using Tak eyepieces with this Scope .. very contrasty indeed.
Put in a Orion ' ultra block ' filter ... and could make out the ' wispy ' blue Nebula that surrounds some of these stars.
Then came Orion Nebula ( M42 ) ...what a sight that was ...the sky was so ' black ' ... the expanse of the Nebula was spread out like ' angel wings ' ... really outstanding to look at .... I could easily see 4 inner stars of the Trapezium .. and using averted vision .. a 5th appeared just faintly ... I just sat and looked and looked at this for ages ..!!
I went back and forth between these 3 ' targets ' for some time ... and called it in about 1am.
During this time .. I used several different focal length eyepieces ..just to give the Scope a good ' try out ' ........was not disappointed ..!!
This Scope ' sports ' a 3" inch Focuser ...fully rotatable 360# degree ..!!
The SharpStar 107 ED is a wonderful performer .... I am glad I bought it.
Flash ..!! :D