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rmcpb
16-09-2007, 07:15 PM
As per the title, I finally managed to split the double double in Vela last night. People in the northern hemisphere make such a deal of it that it has become a target of mine and as it so low on our northern horizon I can only try it from Linden.

So I finally split it last night :)
matt
16-09-2007, 08:18 PM
Congrats, Rob.

But I thought the 'double double' was in Lyra???:shrug:
rmcpb
16-09-2007, 08:27 PM
Yeh, well I have had few wines tonight :)
cahullian
16-09-2007, 10:05 PM
Nice one Rob keep up the great work.

Gazz
erick
17-09-2007, 09:46 AM
With the 8" or 13", Rob? I tried again last Sat night, but seeing was too poor. It's really so low for us. I'm not going to give up yet! :screwy:
rmcpb
17-09-2007, 10:21 AM
Erik,

With the 8". It is VERY low and the final split was in a moment of good seeing only just before I was going to give up. Its easier to keep looking at the planets for details in moments of good seeing than to keep staring at a pair of stars hoping it will clear enough to see the final split. They only stopped swimming around for a few seconds but the split was there at 220x :)
erick
17-09-2007, 10:32 AM
Thanks Rob - now I have the goal AND a proven solution! I'll keep trying. At 220x, you would have only had one pair in FOV? Which pair ("upper" or "lower") or did you get both pairs? Ta Eric. :astron:
ving
17-09-2007, 01:19 PM
good on ya rob! :)

but if you were drunk maybe you were seeingthings that werent there ;)

must giv it a try... tho not from home. my houses roof would be in the way :(
rmcpb
17-09-2007, 01:27 PM
Night before the wee drop Davo :)
Solanum
20-09-2007, 09:24 PM
Can someone tell what the "double double" is?

Is it a true double double a la our favourite Rigel Kent?
What is the separation?

I've found that in moderate seeing with my gear I can reasonably easily get 4" but 2" is pushing it (can imagine I've split em at 200x+). Haven't tried double stars in really good seeing though.
erick
20-09-2007, 09:35 PM
Epsilon Lyrae in the Constellation Lyra. Low in the North around 8:30pm at the moment.

www.skyhound.com/sh/archive/jul/HR_7051.html

www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/epslyr.html


I couldn't split each pair last Tuesday night :sadeyes: