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I did it again, this time I followed the mag 2.6 Arneb (Alpha Leporis) till 8am. There was a haze in the air from cane fires last night and on rising at 5.30am, I noted that the stars did not appear as bright as the previous morning. The haze continued to the end of my viewing.
I used my 4” ED F11 with a Vixen NPL 30mm Plossl. I did switch to a non-branded 17mm plossl and Arneb seemed equally visible in each EP. At the end of the session, I tried to switch to a 16mm Brandon, but failed to find the focal point. I did switch back to the 30mm after first noting its focal point. Lesson here is to note the focal point of the Brandon so as to make such changes easier in future.
When periodically coming back to the scope, I found Arneb somewhat difficult to detect. My assumption is that against the featureless blue sky, I had problems with correctly focusing my eye. I was also troubled my floaters etc. Nevertheless, I always found it eventually and when found it was not difficult to see.
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