First night with the Vixen

[wookie1965]

OH what a night Started off with Jupiter just to centre my telrad was not that good as the scope had not cooled but make out one band and 4 moons, at first I thought I had a double image but it was two moons close together.

Once aligned sent it to NGC 457 lovely site right in the centre I could only see the chips when out of focus otherwise pin sharp.

Auriga

 M36,M37 and M38.  M37 sparkled great sight in my 12.5mm

NGC 1664 (Kite)  Lovely open cluster.

59 Aur  (SAO 0595 71) Mags of 6.1 + 10.2  Sep of 22.2",   did not expect to get this but with a 6.5mm Pale yellow with a dot at its side.

14 Aur  (SAO 0577 99) Mags of 5.0 +11.1/5.0 + 7.3 Sep  of  10" + 14.1,  Yellow and blue could not see third component 

Bogardus  θ Aur  (SAO 0586 36)  Mags of 2.7 + 7.2 Sep of 3.8"  and mags of 2.7 + 10.1 Sep of 135.3",  White and Olive with a tiny dot far away 

ω Omega Aur  (SAO 0575 48) Mags of 5.0 +8.2 Sep 4.7", Orange/yellow touching a blue star.

26  Aur   (SAO 0582 80) Mags of 5.5 + 8.4 Sep 12.1"  lovely Yellow and Blue pair

41 Aur (SAO 0409 24) Mags of 6.2 + 6.9 Sep 7.6", pair of pale Yellow nearly twin stars.

Tegmine ξ Cancri  (SAO 0976 45) As the scope had cooled now wanted to try this and nearly got it peanut shape with a tiny waist but not a split.

Coma Berenices

Σ 1633    (SAO 0822 54) Mags of 7.0 + 7.1 Sep 8.9", Pair of off White twins

24 Com  (SAO 1001 60) Mags of 5.1 + 6.3 Sep 20.1", lovely Orange and Blue pair

Σ 1685   (SAO 1003 07) Mags of 7.3 + 7.8 Sep 16", Aqua and line pair.

32/33 Com (SAO 1003 11) Mags of 6.5 +7.0 Sep of 195.6", Pale Orange and a off White pair.

Σ1639      (SAO 0822 93) Mags of 6.7 +7.8 Sep 1.7",  white and lime pair only split with a 4mm at x 250

17 Com    (SAO 0823 30) Mags of 5.2 + 6.6 Sep 146.2",  White and Blue White pair.

ΟΣ 266   13h 28.4m  +15° 43‛ Mags of 8.0 +8.4 Sep 2"  Both Lime used 6mm to see a comfortable split.

Canes Venatici

"La Superba"  (SAO 0443 17) Wow really bright red cinder lovely

2CVn      (SAO 0440 97) Mags of 5.9 + 8.7 Sep 11.3",  Ruddy red with silver dot

Σ1645   (SAO 0441 87) Mags 7.5 + 8.1 Sep 9.6" , Pair of off White stars.

α CVn (Cor Coroli)  (SAO 0632 57) Mags of 2.9 + 5.5 Sep 19.3", Bright White with Blue/Green pair 

16/17  (SAO 0633 80) Mags of 6.0 + 6.3 Sep 277.5", Very wide pair Off White and a Blue white stars.

Σ261  (SAO 0633 96) Mags of 7.4 + 7.6 Sep 2.6", Blue whit twins split with a 6mm

Σ 1755 (SAO 0635 93) Mags of 7.3 + 8.1 Sep 4.2", Straw and ice Blue coloured stars here.

M3  Lovely patch but no resolved stars 

after this I stood up banged my head on the scope knocking it out of alignment went to align it again and power pack died gave up then still a great session.

Only one problem I could focus with a 4mm but when putting in the Svbony 8-3mm zoom it would not focus very strange.

Paul

 

 

[Sunshine]

What Vixen is that? 

[wookie1965]

Just now, Sunshine said:

What Vixen is that? 

Vixen 102m

[Sunshine]

Nice! and a nice list of targets you’ve completed. Did the scope leave a lump on your head?

Edited March 31 by Sunshine

[wookie1965]

1 minute ago, Sunshine said:

Nice! and a nice list of targets you’ve completed. Did the scope leave a lump on your head?

No luckily what also worked with the views is my mum attached some interfacing material to the front of a hoodie blocks all extraneous light. 

[glafnazur]

Sounds like a great session. I'm glad you got the scope up and running after all the problems you had.

[lunator]

Paul, very nice report

you got to see some great doubles.

Cheers 

Ian

[C6rrules]

Great report . Showed our son the delights of spring . M44 got half of it in a 40 mm (x25) ep. La Superba was cracking ( dooh).don’t get hung up about Tegmine , it can be fickle with seeing . Even moving it around the fov might split the peanut .

Carry on that chap ! 
clear skies ! Nick

Edited March 31 by C6rrules

[Zermelo]

Excellent haul, Paul. Glad to see that you're getting results out of the Vixen at last.

Others have also reported the focus point of the 3-8mm zoom being 4-5mm away from their other EPs.

 

[Mr Spock]

Great session. My Svbony requires a lot more in focus than my other eyepieces. The Tak needs an 80mm extension tube to focus so that's not a problem and it focuses just fine with that in place. I can't use it in the 120mm with the Baader Coolwedge, though it's ok with the 2" Baader Dielectric.

[wookie1965]

I will try zoom with my Tal if I can not get focus with that may as well sell it on. 

[callisto]

Great session Paul, thanks for sharing  

So Pleased you got the scope sorted,

Clear skies,

Mark.