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Old 02-11-2020, 11:06 AM
jahnpahwa (JP)
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Beta Phoenicis splitting

Howdy! Had a clear night last night, which means I'm pretty hept up in coffee now.
Had my 4" refractor out and going pretty nicely at 230x, split zeta aquarii without a sweat and then set out for something harder. Tried Beta Phoenicis, my southern skies book noted it was 1.4" but further reading suggests 1" or just under.
I wonder if anyone has split this? Can you let me know your set up?
I might've been dreaming but I thought that I saw perhaps some elongation but that'd be it and bit.

Oh, and if anyone is interested, the ep I used was a 5mm Hyperion with 28mm fine-tuning ring installed, which converts it to 3.2mm. I really think it's a great thing. Was as sharp as I could ask, and on the moon was superb.

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