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Old 14-11-2009, 08:06 PM
richardda1st (Richard)
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Uranus and it's moons

Since sorting out my alt/az setup on my 10"LB (thanks to a few on this forrum) I have been very pleased with the ease of finding faint objects namely Uranus (faint object to me!). It is so easy now and so satisfying.

Now can anyone tell me if I'm correct in that I think I can spot a couple of the moons, just very faint specks of light. One moment I think I see them but as they race across my view, they seem to dissapear and reapear.

With a 10" f 5 reflector and TV 11mm plossl (=115 mag) and with a TV 2X barlow (=230mag).
While the view at 115mag was very good the 230mag just had flitting moments of a good view.

Is it possible with this combination to see the moons of Uranus or am I just wishing the moons to appear, any comments.

Richard
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