23 July 2011 - Doubles with SW MakCass Pro

[asteria]

Hi there - I had my first session out for a while last night. I was able to look at some great doubles as the sky conditions seemed very good.

I was using a SW MakCass Pro 150, with a variety of eyepieces, right down to a 4mm Celestron Plossl. The scope has a fl of 1800mm, so with the 4mm ep, the magnification is 450x.

The highlight of the evening was the 'Double Double' - Epsilon Lyrae. I have never seen this quad. combination so beautifully resolved as last night. With a 6mm Plossl (300x) the image of each pair was absolutely clear, and very stable in the eyepiece. Lovely disc-like stars, well split against a black sky.

With the 4mm Plossl, with extremely high magnification, the image had broken down somewhat, and was a bit lively, but still very observable.

What an incredible sight.

Other good views were Albireo, as ever worth a look, and 95 Herc, which was very clearly defined as well. Mizar and Alcor were a great sight in a 9mm and 26mm Meade Plossl.

Thanks for reading.

[lunator]

Great report

The Double Double on a steady night is always a fantastic sight

Cheers

Ian

[DarkerSky]

Never a summer goes by without me visiting Epsilon Lyrae and Albireo at least once! They are both really very beautiful on a steady night. 95 Herc is a great choice too.

I like how you described your high mag image of the Double Double as 'a bit lively' - classic

[Rob]

Great thing about albireo is that it can be enjoyed in all scopes. Nice report, thanks

[STF8]

Hi,

I have attached a photo of Epsilon Lyrae made with my 8 inchs STF Mak and my SPC 900 webcam.

8 inchs F/D:10

I hope you enjoy,

Claude from France

Photo pleine page.pdf

[asteria]

Hi - thanks for sharing the image. It shows the view very well. Ed

[JimStan]

That's what I was talking about in an earlier post! The two pairs split at 90 degree angles to one another. Nice shot !

Jim S.