Lyra Double Double through my Evostar 80 DS Pro at 300x

[merlinxlm]

Hello every one, I had a very good observing session last night, I'm still getting to grips with my new scope a Skywatcher Evostar 80 ds pro, on a Skywatcher EQ6 Pro mount. I'm in the process of getting the mount to track with PHD at the moment. After a disappointing guiding session I concentrated on the constellation of Lyra. I find this constellation a very nice one to observe. I could easily find M57 The Ring nebula I was observing it through a medium eyepiece 15mm, it looked great. I then tried the 5mm eyepiece that was a little sharper, but I couldn't see enough detail through my 2mm eyepiece. I then concentrated on the Double Double Epsilon, I first looked at it with an 15mm, could only see the single Double, I then went up to 5mm and could just about see the other Double, so I then decided to go up to a 2mm, which according to my calculations is 300x. I was amazed that I had a crystal clear view of the Double Double with plenty of dark space between them, I cant wait to have good session tonight weather permitting.

[barkis]

It's a great feeling when you can split those doubles wide enough to drive a bus through.

Ron.

[John]

It's a great object the "double double" I never tire of looking at it and seeing the lowest power that is needed to get a definate split - that seems to vary with seeing conditions I've found.

Nice report !.

John

[Talitha]

Great report, thanks! Here's hoping your sky cooperates tonight.

[Doc]

A very enjoyable read. Thankyou for posting.

[Vega]

wide enough to drive a bus through.

Ron.

LOL.... If we had a 'SGL's funniest comments thread' that would be included in it.

Matt

[albedo0.39]

Nice report and congrats on the Lyra split. It took me a while to split, but I only have a 9mm EP for my scope and it's tough at those powers (200x) but it splits. What was your view of M57 like through the 'scope ?

[mdstuart]

It splits well using a 6.4mm on my 1200...even my wife could describe how the two pairs are aligned at a 90 degree angle. I could not get a bus through though. They looked about 1mm apart..

Mark