V. Far South......

[chiltonstar]

As the seeing tonight was excellent+, I carried my Mak on my portable mount to the middle of a field  near me which has the clearest view of Antares at the moment.

At x125 and x190, there was a very definite sign of the companion nearly due W of the main star. Not resolved to a point, more like a fuzzy little disk touching the red disk of the main star. I think it might take a much more southerly view to get it to a well separated point though.

A very good night for Saturn too, with very clearly marked Cassini and colour detail on the disk of the planet. The seeing was good enough to separate Zeta Her B to a clear, well separated point - probably the best I've seen it.

Joy!

Chris

[damnut]

Nice report Chris, cloudy here at no Glad you were able to get out into the field :-)..

[alan potts]

Great bag for you Chris, this I think it more difficult than Sirius, I have done it twice in well, hundreds of efforts, it is really tricky but so so low down for you, very well done. I guess it will be off to the field more often now.

Alan

[John]

Nice report Chris

Antares is difficult to see at all for me from home so I've not tried splitting it as yet.

I have managed Zeta Herc a few times with my ED120 but it's no walkover thats for sure !

[cotterless45]

Neat report, just can't wait until the evenings draw in with clear nights !

Nick.