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Old 11-04-2010, 11:26 PM
Rob_K
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Originally Posted by orestis View Post
Here are my observation of the homunculus nebula-

Homunculus Nebula- Because the seeing was so good i thought i might pop up the mag this time to the most i can get with my eps and barlow ,i used the 6.5mm plossoll and 2x barlow which gave me a magnification of 277X which is higher than the theoretical limits of my scope which says that 250X is max.despite this focus was easily achievable and i could see a definate elongation,after some time i think i saw little wings coming off eta carinae going East - west,i'm not sure if what i was seeing was my imagination or the real deal.

clear skies
Orestis
Wow, nice going Orestis, I've never been able to get a sign of it! Thanks Alex for your comments, and good luck with your scope!

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