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Views into the Trapesium
With the promise of a settled upper atmosphere we actually had decent clear skies tonight down in Melbourne so I figured I'd get in some viewing while setting up the imaging scope. Would have loved to have had more time to view but bed is calling!
Wanted to try my new Baader Mk V's and Pentax XW 8.5mm. After the skies settled and all the equipment cooled down (diagonal) the fuzziness disappears and I managed to spot A, B, C, D, E and F easily with the FC100DL and binoviewers. F seemed to come and go with the seeing but it was quite easy to spot.
4" F/9 with 8.5mm and 1.7x gives ~180x and the views weren't too bad, just need some excellent seeing to see what can be teased out of this wonderful 4".
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