As someone who was there, I can confirm it was infact the Encke Minima we were observing - just a typo from Darren I'm sure.
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Originally Posted by ausastronomer
You won't see it in a 10" telescope with a budget plossl conbined with a budget barlow.
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John - we were using 13mm T6 Nagler and a 8mm and 6mm Radian with shorty plus barlows (just for the record
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Originally Posted by ausastronomer
The chances of seeing it 1st time out with your new 10" scope ? About 1 in 1,000.
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John - It isn't the first time he has used a GS 10" scope, or for that matter larger scopes. We collimated his scope when he arrived so it was performing great. Darren is a very skilled observer (certainly not new to this game and has done amazing things with his 80mm ST) and I can assure you he is the "1 in 1000" <- realising that your probability includes the influence of sky conditions