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went to my astronomy club's public show (public come along look through scopes, you know the thing)...there was no luck with uranus but was informed that with a 4" you will see a greenish smudge - but an 8" is what you want (mirror that is) hope this helps folks.
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spent a couple of hours trying to see uranus tonight...no luck. I know where its supposed (ish )to be but can't find it or my elbow...lots of clouds and clear moments interrupting my viewing so i go back to computer and try another asterism to guide me...found it hard to find Pices with all the cloud (that's my excuse)...better luck (preparation) tommorrow. don't know what to expect other than a green looking star, must have "seen" it but didn't regognise it as such. Jupiter's good though, and the moon of course...I compared my apo barlow and meade swa in 3x mode (x140ish) on moon it was a lot better than than my 6mm (x166) its in the light transmission that it wins hands down...upgrade time...mars is around at around 4am I really should go to bed though...
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yes! my fav const is back! but this time I got a 4" refractor telescope!!! ... I just realised it is 4am and that there are quite a few double stars to split in orion. had a go at rigel and mintaka and alnitak. not much luck as was inside through double glazing...will have to go outside on a proper session when better prepared.
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AAAHHHHH!!! bad weather again. however the other day I managed to see the terminator on the moon and was really awestruck how simple shadows bring life to the Moon's features.
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saw jupiter at x3 with new meade #140 barlow & meade 24.5 swa 67deg ep...
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