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Old 01-03-2018, 10:26 AM
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Alpha Centauri in full daylight
Holding my Powershot S100 behind the Nagler 13 eyepiece of my ED110 scope (59x), the double star is clearly visible, so I took a film of which I extracted the best frame (most are spoiled by atmospheric turbulence).

Alpha Crucis was also visible as a double but could not record it properly.

I have taken both at about 9:00 AEDT in the morning on 1 March.
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