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Hello There
The observation tools I used were a six inch aperture F8 achromatic, three inch aperture F5 achromatic, 20x80 achromatic binoculars, and 7x50 achromatic binoculars. The six incher was not useful because I miscalculated how far apart they would be. Even with the Meade 56mm plossl I could not bring the two into view. The 20x80 binoculars put up a decent view, but Mars was to bright/not sharp for my achromatic binoculars at 20 mag. The 3 incher with a 32mm plossl showed a very nice view of the two. The best view was with the 7x50 binoculars. Mars with the 7x50 binoculars was a lot sharper with a 3D view.
I turned my attention to Orion. Using the six incher with a four inch aperture mask the Trapezium stars were tight airy disks. However, I could not detect the E, F, and G stars. Rigel star was pretty but slightly unsharp at high mags with my SvBony 7-21 zoom eyepiece. However, It's B star companion was very obvious and special. I backed away with my GSO SuprView 30mm which gave me a sharper bluer view the B star still very obvious. With the GSO I watched the companion stars cross my view about a dozen times. Rigel is very beautiful. It is very bliss.
Jupiter was high and asking for some attention. The 6 incher with mask did a great job. Observed a few bands and some swirls. Tried Jupiter with out the four inch mask and used a Yellow #8. I did not like the color change.
By the way I own a Celestron 30mm UFF, but decided to use the GSO SuperView bench warmer. With a F8 scope the GSO is really great. By removing the eye cup the entire view was sharp right to the edge with no blackouts. Great budget eyepiece.
Clear Skies
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