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Hello Glen
Sounds like you had a good night. I was also out last night for a couple of hours with the 12" for the first time in weeks. Apart from clouds now and then conditions were very good. Clear and steady. Mainly looked at OC's, but there were a few other ring-ins. Spotted 3918 blue planetary, can find it regularly now, once you showed me where it was!! Also saw the usual showpieces, 5139, 5128, 4372 in Musca (nice one). One of the highlights was cruising around 3372 Carina with various EP's, ranging from a 45mm Plossl to a 15mm, the latter was best, having more contrast at the higher magnification. No wonder it is a great favourite. Saturn with the rings nearly side-on was great. Last was the combination of 2437 and 2438 (Puppis). I saw this years ago with the old 10" and just spotted it in the viewfinder. I don't know whether the PN is embedded in the cluster or just a line-of-sight effect. Great object though, with the PN seeming to wink at me when running my vision around the cluster. Hopefully many more nights outside. The wife has had a huge Certificate 4 project to do at the school and we have been doing little alse for weeks. Cheers, paul.
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