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Originally Posted by bird
ps after getting home and re-reading the recent article in AS&T about seeing Sirius B I suddenly became paranoid that what we had seen as "Sirius B" might have been an internal reflection... but I've re-checked it just now and there's no doubt that it's the real deal. Same location in all eyepieces and it doesn't move if I put it at the edge of the ep in any direction.
cheers, Bird
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It was definitely there!
I have an eyepiece that gives an internal reflection that appears to be a smaller companion to a bright star. The giveaway is that it moves around the main star as you move your head. The one we saw did not change position.
As you said, it was also visible in different eyepieces and the 22" as well (Sirius was bloody bright though!
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