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Old 08-04-2011, 11:37 AM
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Hi Colin,

Unguided, done over 45minutes with an 8" f/4 dob at 29X, with white charcoal pencil, white chinagraph and Lumograph B8 pencil on black paper.

Very much doable, .

If you use higher magnification, wide-field eyepieces help as the drift time through the FOV is longer.
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