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Originally Posted by Wavytone
Dennis after doing some maths tonight for your scope Procyon B will be behind the 4th diffraction ring. If you don't see it try rotating the OTA 45 degrees in case its hiding under a diffraction spike. In mine it's between the 4th and 5th.
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Hi Nick
Thanks for that, I gave up once I realised the seeing did not support resolving any of the diffraction rings of Procyon, so settled for a series of 3x10 sec longer exposures just to tease out some of the close by field stars.
Just for info, here is Antares with companion in the Mewlon 180, an easy split under very good conditions.
I may have missed the boat this season, but will be back...
And, I'll note the orientation of the camera.
Cheers
Dennis