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Originally Posted by ngcles
I've seen a great many of what appear (to me) to be "doubtful" reports on the net of seeing Sirius split using 4 to 6" 'scopes at comparatively low magnifications ~ in the order of x100 to x200 where the observer noted that it was "easy to see" -- or words to that effect. Though the observers I feel in the vast majority were "honest" I also think many report a "false positive" as a result of an internal reflection within the eyepiece of Sirius itself.
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I used my Vixen LVWs to split Sirius, and I believe these lenses have 8 elements. There ARE internal reflections of Sirius, which DO look deceivingly like a companion star! The "real" pup is infact a very tiny dot and is difficult to catch amongst all that glare and those diffraction spikes. I highly doubt it could be seen in 4-6" scopes at only 100x as a few observers on other forums claim.