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Old 31-01-2017, 09:54 PM
bigjoe (JOSEPH)
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Originally Posted by doug mc View Post
Yes last night i finally spotted the pup. Straight overhead around midnight. Tried a lot of different types of scope, but finally managed it with my new Bintel 8inch GSO dobsonian. Using a 8mm ed paradigm eyepiece, with and without Meade2x shorty barlow. I won't be selling this scope soon.
Hi Doug. Glad you finally bagged Sirius B ; and yes it is often lost in a diffraction spike, as soo many people are unaware that this can happen all to often!
And those Gso dobs /reflectors can shock one with how good some can be!!
PS: Try Antares some time in Autumn/Winter.
Cheers bigjoe.
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