Rigel and Alnitak with a 70mm

[John]

1st scope observing for sometime. Just got my little Tele Vue Ranger 70mm out because it's simple and very light. Quite pleased to be able to get clear splits of Rigel and Alnitak in Ursa Major with this little scope. The objective seems to be well figured because the star images are clean and very pleasing at 150x. Both these doubles are unequal brightness. Rigel is the easier one.

 

[Astro Imp]

Ursa Major??? Too much festive spirits ?

[John]

10 hours ago, Astro Imp said:

Ursa Major??? Too much festive spirits ?

Good spot Alan !

Perhaps I need to get more sleep

 

[Paul M]

More's the point, I can split Rigel and Alnitak without optical aid..

 

Sorry..

[John]

20 minutes ago, Paul M said:

More's the point, I can split Rigel and Alnitak without optical aid..

 

Sorry..

Really ?

 

[Paul M]

yeah, from memory there's about a fist at arms length distance between them