lunator

It was a fairly easy spot in my 15x70's last night just to the left of Venus. It was nice the clouds got out of the way for once 😊

Hi Stu, great pics. seeing was pretty good last night. 

Thanks for highlighting the crater names. I am still learning them

Cheers

Ian

Nice pics

I had a look at this last night through my 15x70 Binos. 

cheers

Ian

I have done this in the past.

Mostly Afocal . The advantage of doing it this way is the ability to vary the magnification. I think the closet pair I did were around 2-3".

Most of my images I posted in the double star section of the forum.

I plan to start again soon.

Cheers

Ian

Interesting idea. I know from experience increasing magnification allows you to spot fainter objects. When I observe double stars mag 11+ stars which are not visible at x70 magnification start to appear once you get into the x100-150 range. 

I guess the only way to find out is to test an ethos against an orthoscopic eyepiece :). 

cheers

Ian

Tim, excellent image, 

I was looking at Betelgeuse yesterday and it's dimness is very noticeable. It seemed no brighter then Bellatrix.

Cheers

Ian

Well done, conditions were not easy

Very good pics.

The second pic certainly captures how it looked to me. A tiny dot and alot of fast moving clouds

Cheers

Ian

Hi Pete

Same here, first contact was clouded out but I did get to see about 30-40 mins of the transit

Great pic.

Cheers

Ian

I have my old tasco 8x30, the Lidl 10x50s and the pair I use the most my Helios 15x70s

I have been meaning to do this for a while.

Here are a selection of links to useful websites for the double star fan.

Cheers

Ian

SkyandTelescope.com - Double Stars

JDSO.org

Washington Double Star Catalog - Current Version

Double Star Club Introduction | The Astronomical League

Webb Society Double Star Section

www.rasc.ca/double-stars

https://www.handprint.com/ASTRO/bineye5.html

My small website has a few lists of doubles.

https://doublestar.org.uk/index.html

Even I have bought a couple......

I'm thinking of trying to capture some double stars.

Hi Nikki

I live in South Wet London and there are no really dark skies.

I belong to the local astro society www.rkas.org.uk and we are checking out a number of sites local to Richmond park to see if they are worth using.

If you are interested drop me a PM.

Cheers

Ian

Andrew

I think you have captured the key points very well.

The work acn always be refined but it is excellent as it stands.

Cheers

Ian

Easy to find- Check

Looks nice - Check

My 1st ever DSO was M42

Taken in December 2006.

Fujifilm S5600 15s ISO 800 Afocal through a 25mm orthoscopic eyepiece.

Cheers

Ian

Kenny

Nice report. Glad it went well.

Cheers

Ian

Tasco 8x30 Binos

Present for my 11th birthday.

Saw Halleys comet through them.

They are an average pair of 80's Binos but I'll keep them always.