π Aquilae and others nearby.

[cotterless45]

π Aquilae is a binary that I use as a tester. I caught the 1.4" split at x240, lovely near equal pair. Then over to

Σ2597 and a difficult .5" split. I got this using a 5.5mm Meade 5000UW in a x2 Vixen Bar.ow. This gave x436. Luckily it's quite a bright pair. Very chuffed to note this one on an absolutely still night with super seeing.

Σ2613 gave an easier 3.7", clear at x100 and bright.

H I 93 at 1.8" , I caught at x200, again a lovely bright pair. I noted these down as special,

Σ2628 at x216

Σ2644 at x150

Σ2643 at x266 and for delicacy try

Σ2677 catching the dim secondary at x266.

There's plenty there, often in lovely star fields. I normally use a Celestron C6r, but last night tried the Vixen 102 ( no filters ) old school. I was very pleased to catch ε Lyrae open and clean using a 24mm zoom giving x42. The old coatings don't really compare, but the optics certainly do. Certainly worth looking out for.Nick.

[mdstuart]

0.5" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW..

Mark