I've been struggling to find Neptune for the past 3 months. I'm not sure if I've seen it .. I don't know what I'm looking for
tonight for example .. I used mobile observatory (mo from now on) to get the alt and degrees .. used smart tools and positioned the 10" dob to that position (I like north because I'm famaliar with it's location).
I see the 3 stars and Neptune in the middle .. but ivdont know if I really am seeing this ... I double check the alt of my scope, yes it's right... point it to zenith and smart tools reads 90.. so back down I go and more frustrations.
I've read that Neptune looks blue ... I saw nothing blue .. I used a 40mm plossol, 15, 9, and a 32mm 2" wide angle. I saw no blue
judging by the area I was in the right place ... see the pic attached. I hopped to every visable thing in my view finder and tried all those eyepeices ... to no avail.. well nothing I'd say I saw Neptune.
if anyone has recent wideish field pics of Neptune is like to see so I can compare what I was seeing ... I'll attach my pics in a minute when I turn back time in mo.
thanks .. and if there's any tips I'd be grateful.
matt
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