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To further consolidate my Obsession obsession, I had the opportunity to observe with Hector (a 20" clone obsession) last night. Thank you Andrew Murrell for the opportunity, and also to John Bambury and Gary Kopff for teaching me the basics of using Hector with Argo Navis.
What a blast! What stands out the most in my mind is the detail I could observe in well known galaxies, that I had never thought possible from visual observing. M83 was simply extraordinary. I could see a core region as a bright condensed ball, and very clear spiral arms, just like in the asto mags. Similarly, M104 had a very sharp and bright ball-core, and much detail was evident in the dusty lane.
Hector worked beautifully with Argo Navis. It was the first time I had ever had a really good play with Argo Navis, and I am now soundly converted to its merits over Meade's Autostar suite. I was very productive hunting down all sorts of prey.
I just have to save the pennies now.....
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