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Originally Posted by Tropo-Bob
Zubenelgenubi, Lol, there's a name that I had not heard before.
I had a look this morning with my Ranger using a 7mm Delite EP. What can I say, Mars looked small and its brightness overflowed a little against the black-sky background. I looked again about an hour later during trilight and the disc of Mars was then far more distinct against the brighter background.
Jupiter looked equally good with its two bands on both viewings, although its moons were more prominent earlier. There was a star nearby and a novice could have been forgiven for thinking that he/she had seen five moons.
I saw a bright (Mag 0), little (only went about 3 degrees) meteor when sighting Jupiter, which I though was amazing because I barely looked at the sky when setting up.
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Zubenelgenubi is a mouthful Bob , but rolls off the tongue.
Its actually Alpha Librae and a very bretty double in only Binos ar 231" separation and primary 3 and secondary 5th mags..Yellow and grey colour contrasts. As here..
http://www.google.com.au/search?ie=U...HBHMsZCzji-OM: and
http://www.deepskywatch.com/Astroske...ae-sketch.html ..rises just befor Antares!
And yes Mars is soo small at the moment, but so much detail will be visible before the middle of next yr..Ive seen clouds on it with a 7 " Maksutov.
bigjoe.