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Originally Posted by astro_south
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
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Andrew/Darren,
I wasn't questioning Darren's skill as an observer in any way, in fact his sketching is superb, as good as I have seen if you leave O'Meara out of the equation. This by necessity means his observing skills and eyesight are equally as good. My probability of 1 in 1,000 solely related to the likelihood that conditions would be favourable enough to see the Encke Division on the night that the scope happened to receive 1st light.
Apologies if my post came across the wrong way.
CS-John