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Old 18-01-2022, 09:21 PM
Startrek (Martin)
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Originally Posted by EpickCrom View Post
Hi mate. I used my 5mm Saxon 68 degree eyepiece combined with my X2 Barlow lens. This was actually the first time I've observed a DSO at such a high magnification. I just wanted to try and see what happens. Turned out surprisingly good! The whole core of the glob fit in. I observe in Bortle 6 skies. Cheers
Must have been an extremely stable night for such high magnification

I rarely go higher than 150x under my bortle 3 skies with globs, opens , galaxies and Nebula
Anything higher and resolution is affected
Lunar and planetary observing I sometimes go a little deeper
Cheers
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