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Something Quirky
I followed Rigel into the sunlit sky this morning, with the use of an old EQ3 mount and my Orion 80mm Triplet. I tried to find its companion with 120x (4mm Radian), but to no avail. I even tried orange and red filters (23A & 25) to filter out the blue sky. I also tried lower magnifications, as the seeing is actually worse during the day than night.
Rigel is easily visible with the scope. I am now wondering if I can find a range of bright stars (mag 3 & brighter) to see how difficult they will be to view in daylight.
I am still tracking now at 10am. Rigel is past the meridian and it is a bit warm in the sunlight. Next time, I will aim to deliberately be in the shade.
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