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Old 25-02-2020, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mordrax View Post
Binoculars were good. Once I stopped shaking, the chromatic aberration reduced to a point where I didn't really notice it anymore. Still, I could never really hold it still enough to stop the stars from doing little circles, I think the secret is in the breathing...
That's pretty much what can work, and taking a break when your arms feel tired.

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park in north Epping which is supposedly bortle 5
Simulating Bortle levels, is what Stellarium is good at, so you can more easily see the reduced quantity of stars visible due to light pollution.
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