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Originally Posted by Fox
Hi Dennis, I think your 80mm should be able to resolve it. It sounds as though you need darker skies, and pump up the power. Your 6 inch is a no brainer, it should readily resolve, again best with dark skies and enough magnification. My 4 inch Genesis easily resolves both Omega and 47Tuc - from dark skies, the pictures are glorious, I look at them for hours and hours. They are balls of fine grade sand, its mind boggling that each 'particle' is a sun, hoarded together…
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Might be. In lighter skies Omega Centauri is a big washy nebulous patch in my 4.5" but in dark skies it's like sparkling cotton wool.
Cheers -