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Originally Posted by AG Hybrid
Actually your right. I was thinking about another double that I split when I typed that. It was trailing at about 10 O'clock. But damn it was hard. Also to remember that the location of the Pup changes drastically between 7:30 PM and 10:30 PM at the moment. It looks like more than 90 degrees. I was observing for more than 3 hours last night and I looked at Sirius every hour. It could have been a false ID now that I think deeper about it. It was so difficult.
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This just highlights the extreme difficulty one can face just to get yourself set up for this task: am I using an upright diagonal : is it reversed East/West : in what direction is my mount/ scope pointed from North as position angle is taken from an imaginary line on the celestial sphere due North , increasing North to East in a clockwise direction - East following here as in Sirius B being roughly around 90 degrees or more position angle: right magnification and resolving exit pupil etc, etc.
bigjoe