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Old 24-05-2015, 08:34 AM
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Success for me too at Tinderbox, south of Hobart in very good seeing last night. I saw glimpses of the companion at 150x but it was clear and well resolved at 200x. I could not detect the green as most people report - probably need more aperture.
Very pleased as this was my first time resolution of Antares B.
Scope was Vixen NA140SS.

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Old 10-06-2021, 06:39 AM
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Have made a separate post but adding here just for consistency:
TS/Kunming 102 f/11 ED, split at 215x, 330x and 435x. Best at 330x.

9 June 2021 21:30-22:30 NZT
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Last night, 7 September 2022. About 21:00 NZT. A superbely clean split at 240x with the 8" f/6 GSO dob and a Pentax XO5. Antares B sitting right on one of the spikes but still a beautiful turqoise pin prick. Lazy onshore breeze that had not seen land for 1000's of km. A lot of cloud and moisture but man the seeing through the gaps was phenomenal. All over in less than 5 minutes but that was worth putting the scope outside for. Need to make note of this weather pattern.

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Old 08-09-2022, 03:44 PM
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Last night, 7 September 2021. About 21:00 NZT. A superbely clean split at 240x with the 8" f/6 GSO dob and a Pentax XO5. Antares B sitting right on one of the spikes but still a beautiful turqoise pin prick. Lazy onshore breeze that had not seen land for 1000's of km. A lot of cloud and moisture but man the seeing through the gaps was phenomenal. All over in less than 5 minutes but that was worth putting the scope outside for. Need to make note of this weather pattern.
It's been one of my absolute favourite doubles for about 50 years and I will never get tired of looking at it. IMO it is one of the night sky's showpiece targets that I put right up there with Omega Centauri, 47 Tuc, Eta Carina, M42, M83, NGC 253 and X-Velorum.

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Old 08-09-2022, 11:47 PM
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Try twilight

Hi All,

For those of you having difficulty with this somewhat testy target, I suggest observing in twilight. One of the chief problems is the large magnitude difference and the brightness/glare of the primary.

I've seen it dozens of times in 'scopes down to 10cm aperture if the (1) Seeing is very good and (2) It is fairly bright twilight -- that cuts the glare from the primary.

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L.
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Old 10-09-2022, 05:30 AM
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I find the split easier when I use a green filter.
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