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Orion mixed doubles match


Spile

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I've spent the last two observation times collecting Orion binaries.

A lot of variety especially when it comes to difficulty. Some of these came from Turn Left at Orion and it made  me smile when I saw this once described as a beginners guide. After working hard to split 52 Orio and failing to split 42 Orio, I very much disagree.

Beta Ori - ***** B+W very nice
Delta Ori - **** Nice and wide W+B
32 Orio - **** Y+B Noticeable colour contrast
Theta1 Ori - ****** Excellent multiple W+W+W+W
Lambda Ori - *** Y+R pretty good
STF 747 -  *** B+B More blue than white to me
Iota Ori - **** W+B Very nice
Sigma Ori - ***** W+B+++ Lots of them!
STF 761 - **** W+W+W The triangle
52 Ori  - Failed to split,  try again later. Get thee behind me Trapezium!
Eta Ori  - Gave up after my body thought it was in a cryogenic chamber so as Zeberdee would say, time for...

 

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14 hours ago, Swithin StCleeve said:

What scope were you using Spile?

I might nick your list. With the full moon out tonight I was thinking I should go out and tackle some doubles.

As per my sig - 8" relector. Details are here and you can download the binary list here,

 

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