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I am positive, that my Lt8 was pointing at Eta, as it correctly point to and centered the Jewel Box and Acrux near by.
My scope is 2000mm focal, F10 and using a 40mm ep with a 62 deg afov, that will gives it a 50x magnification and a fov of 1.25 deg.
Eta has a span of 80 minutes, so it should more or less fill the ep fov.
Strange that I could not detect or observe any nebulosity at all.
Everything seems to be in black and white....perhaps it is my eyes.
Will observe again tonight, weather permitting with with my other scope, a Skywatcher 120mm point to, at a lower mag of 30x, as my LT8 is stuck at 50x lowest.
I will be happy, if I can see anything bearing the slightest resemblance to the pic on the home page.What would be the optimum mag to view Eta??
Cheers!
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