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Old 08-08-2005, 09:13 PM
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Hi Gazz. I found them both about 2 weeks ago, but not in one night. Fringe dweller (Kearn) posted a couple of charts here for me, which helped narrow the search down. But I ended up pin pointing them using my 'celestia' program. I found Neptune quicker to find than Uranus...only because I kept going out with the chart and basically learning the positions of the stars in the constellation that neptune was in until I was certain I knew the position of it. After dragging out the scope, I think it took all of 3 minute's to home in on it. I used my 6" achro refractor. At about 300X I certainly could distinguish it as a very small disc. Have a look here:

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ead.php?t=2812 It may help you in your search.
A 6" refractor! Wow...
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Old 08-08-2005, 09:20 PM
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I would love a 6"refractor but I may have to make do with a 4" from AOE for the next few years.
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