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Old 03-07-2005, 06:45 PM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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The "D" star is really tough in small/medium scopes guys. It takes a good 8" newt to see it and then you only have about a 20% to 30% success rate. It takes good conditions to get it 50% of the time in my 10" newt, which as you know Louie has very sharp optics. You can see the "D" star in the photograph I attached to the summary lying at 90% to the line of A,B and C and just to the side of C.

Cs-John B
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