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Old 22-10-2015, 09:53 PM
Furious_D
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Originally Posted by Regulus View Post
Welcome aboard Graham.
10" Dob is a big scope and truly useful for the deep space nebs and clusters.
If you want to split double stars though, it is a bit bright. If it has the lid that has a 50mm opening in it, use that. It increased the contrast so you can 'split' them (and can help with separating the bands on Jupiter. It's also useful if you want to make a 50mm solar cap out of one of the sheets of solar mylar that can be bought cheap. It's enough aperture for such a bright target.\
It's a nice way to spend the evenings, with a big dob.
Trev
Hi Trev,

It does indeed have the cap - I had no idea what it was for, or that it even came off!

Thanks,
Graham
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