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Originally Posted by Bombardon
Joe: Rigel is great on a clear night. The 'pup' defeats me in my soppy skies but I seem to remember that somebody in our ASNSW many years ago suggested a five sided mask that interrupt the spikes of the primary and reveal the pup. If anyone reading this is familiar with this technique I would like to try it again. [I have successfully added a centre bar(tinfoil) at the focal point of an eye lens to an old eyepiece and easily spotted Phoebus and Dimos at a good Mars conjunction.]
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Wish I knew this one, but I've only tried variable polarizing filters just to get rid of the glare on Sirius ,Venus etc.
And yes Rigel is amazing as is Almaak, Izar and Antares in a good Mak/refr; you can drive a truck through the pair not so easy in a Sct.
Time to go home.
Cheers bigjoe.
