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Originally Posted by Tropo-Bob
Last night, as previously mentioned, I viewed the Pup with my C8.
I also tried to find it in my Orion 80mm Triplet, but probably with too low a magnification. However, I had been inspired with a thread on Cloudy Nights, which mentioned finding the Pup with 80mm scopes only using about 70x.
Well I tried at 80x and failed. The 80mm struggled a little even with the secondary of my test star, Delta Gemini (also at 80x). Yes, I could see it but had it look carefully, as it was faint. Whereas, the C8 immediately and clearly showed the secondary of Delta with a 30mm EP. (about 67x).
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Gotta watch out with those Americans. Some of those observing reports are coming from people who are observing 2-3 KM above sea level. From my home in Sydney I'm observing at about 50m.