As per the title, I finally managed to split the double double in Vela last night. People in the northern hemisphere make such a deal of it that it has become a target of mine and as it so low on our northern horizon I can only try it from Linden.
With the 8". It is VERY low and the final split was in a moment of good seeing only just before I was going to give up. Its easier to keep looking at the planets for details in moments of good seeing than to keep staring at a pair of stars hoping it will clear enough to see the final split. They only stopped swimming around for a few seconds but the split was there at 220x
Thanks Rob - now I have the goal AND a proven solution! I'll keep trying. At 220x, you would have only had one pair in FOV? Which pair ("upper" or "lower") or did you get both pairs? Ta Eric.
Is it a true double double a la our favourite Rigel Kent?
What is the separation?
I've found that in moderate seeing with my gear I can reasonably easily get 4" but 2" is pushing it (can imagine I've split em at 200x+). Haven't tried double stars in really good seeing though.
