Mr Spock

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Yes, but, at that time the Earth was still had a changeable surface and so most impacts were absorbed. Only a few later (much later) ones exist; even those are mostly hidden by erosion and shifting land masses.

It can be seen with any kind of binoculars even in moderately light polluted skies. Any star atlas should provide its location and the best time to see it - but you will need to be able to follow a star chart. At the moment it's in the eastern sky after dark.

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From my heavily polluted skies double stars are one of few targets available. Doesn't matter whether I use my 80mm apo or C9.25, they all look colourful. The apo is especially pleasing; I don't know why, it just gets star images right.

Incredible images. Such fine detail. I think this kind of quality and detail is something all imagers aspire too.

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1 minute ago, johninderby said:

When seeing was great it gave great views but in average seeing was disapointing.

Agreed. Mine was an early one with better than 1/8th wave optics. On a good day star images were perfect; on an average day they were mush. I've never had a better view of ε lyr than I had on one of the good days.

A lot of that was down to me not understanding how difficult Maks are to cooldown. On a night where the temperature was dropping it never quite reached equilibrium.

The best view I had of Saturn (when it was overhead), was through an OMC-140. That has an aperture of 140mm and a primary of 150mm. I expect a Skymax 150 would be similar in size - can anyone confirm this?

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UK housing was made for sardines, which, is how we all fit in this tiny country... 

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See you on the flip side

I'm sure a lot of people here don't see what goes into running SGL and all the work you put into it. So a big thank you from me and everyone else for doing a fantastic job ?

These are relatively new areas of astronomy and I think it's an exciting development to have a dedicated section on SGL.

I look forward to seeing many members, new and old, taking part. I know any kind of progress, technological or otherwise, really piques interest - it does me.

I used to have the ubiquitous 60mm refractor in my teens. It didn't stop the wonder, only fueled it. Plus it was very good for double stars.

Strange how some people find things more difficult than others. I'd rate E & F as very easy in the C9.25. I used to pick them up in the 140 Mak too. This is with poor suburban skies.

Terrific image!