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Old 02-09-2009, 08:10 AM
Dennis
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Brisbane
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Hello,

I’ve split Antares with my Vixen 4” refractor and a Tak 5mm LE eyepiece on a night of excellent seeing when Antares was almost overhead.

It does require better than average seeing with Antares above say, 50 degrees altitude to minimise the effects of atmospheric crud!

Cheers

Dennis
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