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Old 05-06-2020, 02:52 AM
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Hi Dean,

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Originally Posted by SkyWatch View Post
From post 27 on this thread:

However, for the record, I was up at Arkaroola in January 2007 at the first of several Astro camps that a couple of ASSA members and I organised (the only people silly enough to go to Arkaroola in January are Astronomers and German tourists... ). One night we were playing with the resident ETX125 at over 500x, and the seeing was the best I have ever seen. Saturn was rock solid and sharp even at that power, and the Encke gap was clearly visible...
Sorry, I can't recall the eyepiece used, I just recall it was over 500x.

- Dean
All I need say is ... congratulations Dean!

Best,

L.

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