Bonus Time !!!!
Last night proved to be a bit of a bonus after Saturday !! I had planned on capturing some more Avi's of Saturn ( and I did ) but thought I'd stick a few EP's on the scope for a change cos the cond's were so good and the opportunities to observe here in Leeds' LP sadly rare ! ( only 3x miles West of Leeds City centre).
Apart from the open clusters in Auriga which I thoroughly enjoyed re visiting, I spent some time with the ringed planet, moons were clearly visible and bright, the sharp definition of the planet's rings was a marvel. A mate popped round late on in the evening and had never looked thru a scope before, sooo you what's coming......
I teased him by starting really with a low power EP, the 32mm 2", then moved on to the 17mm plossle, then the 10mm and for a sure sign of the night's quality I stuck in the TMB/Burgess 4mm. Given the fact that he was pretty blown away by the 10mm, the 4mm "rocked his boat" !!:):)
Now the 4mm equates to 300x power on my Cape and because the conds. were so good I thought I'd be really cheeky !! I have never done this before but thought well.. why not ? so I stuck the 4mm into a Meade 126 2x barlow and seriously did not expect anything but disappointment !!
WELL KNOCK ME SIDEWAYS !!!!:eek::eek: it focused up really well This really was a "wow!" moment for him !! EVEN with the collimation of the scope a wee off still !!
GREAT just GREAT !!
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