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Old 15-02-2006, 03:48 PM
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Sirius b: Visible or not????

Very lucky boy last night 9/10 seeing at times. Didn't want to waste it, so made sure i was doing my star test. Did them at 250x and 500x.

Did one on Sirius A and got beautiful rings. Tweaked the collimation and then focussed and bullseye, lovely stuff.

As i was hand guiding to keep the star in the fov, i kept noticing a pin point similiar to the 'e' of 'f' stars in the trap.

Reading thru the AS&T today at lunch and they have a picture of Sirius A and Sirius B.

Is it possible to visually see it with a 10" newt, of did i observe an internal reflection. Collimation was spot on, Seeing 9/10?????
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