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VROD

4-20-2022 TSS Visual Report of the Day.

by helicon

"Spring doubles and my improved desert rig"

Two things to notice in this report by bigzmey (Andrey). The first thing is the significant amount of work he underwent to optimize his set up for observing by employing eyepiece turrets. This innovation enables rapidly switching from one eyepiece to another without the problem of withdrawing an eyepiece from the focuser and then replacing it with a higher power. Oftentimes the object being viewed drifts out of the field of view and also the hand is not entirely stable, which causes delays and sometimes, completely lost views. The other is that in spite of the clouds, he managed to observe a nice haul of double and triple stars, all with excellent descriptions. Congratulations Andrey on winning the VROD for today!

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