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Lovely report here, Joe and all the comments from the 'Sirius B Team.' Congrats on a great achievement indeed. I'm afraid I have over the years only conquered the Antares' B Green Gem Challenge and finally spotted Rigel's feeble mate in the last 12 months and have tried - but obviously not enough - to separate the Pup but no success.
Here is a question from someone new to this brand of sky game: Do I need Joe's X560 (even my long abandoned feeble light gatherers with telrad support wont take me past about X300) or can I make it if John B can reach it with X292, skysurfer with X128 and Matt, who must have eyes like Stephen James O'Meara, with a staggering X65!? I have tried a home made bar on a 9mm with Barlow taking me to X300. I have even run every filter I can find past this great star, but nothing so far. BTW my best success with Antares B was in evening twilight and in steady Autumn air with my home figured 16"(and which truthfully was not a great glass). You have inspired me to wait for these magic moments and to keep trying. Nice pic of the shy critter, Marc. Long live the star splitters!
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