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Aldebaran Tonight 😳
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Aldebaran Tonight 😳
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago ! 
Equipment :
Apertura AD10” Dobsonian
Polaris 4” Dobsonian
7x50 binoculars
Equipment :
Apertura AD10” Dobsonian
Polaris 4” Dobsonian
7x50 binoculars
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Re: Aldebaran Tonight 😳
This is a nice conjunction. Have fun!
Scopes: Stellarvue: SV102ED; Celestron: 9.25" EdgeHD, 8" SCT, 150ST, Onyx 80ED; iOptron: Hankmeister 6" Mak; SW: 7" Mak; Meade: 80ST.
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.
Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2437, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 257
Mounts: SW: SkyTee2, AzGTi; iOptron: AZMP; ES: Twilight I; Bresser: EXOS2; UA: MicroStar.
Binos: APM: 100-90 APO; Canon: IS 15x50; Orion: Binoviewer, LG II 15x70, WV 10x50, Nikon: AE 16x50, 10x50, 8x40.
EPs: Pentax: XWs & XFs; TeleVue: Delites, Panoptic & Plossls; ES: 68, 62; Vixen: SLVs; Baader: BCOs, Aspherics, Mark IV.
Diagonals: Baader: BBHS mirror, Zeiss Spec T2 prism, Clicklock dielectric; TeleVue: Evebrite dielectric; AltairAstro: 2" prism.
Filters: Lumicon: DeepSky, UHC, OIII, H-beta; Baader: Moon & SkyGlow, Contrast Booster, UHC-S, 6-color set; Astronomik: UHC.
Solar: HA: Lunt 50mm single stack, W/L: Meade Herschel wedge.
Observing: DSOs: 3106 (Completed: Messier, Herschel 1, 2, 3. In progress: H2,500: 2180, S110: 77). Doubles: 2437, Comets: 34, Asteroids: 257
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Re: Aldebaran Tonight 😳
Enjoy!
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Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope
Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50
Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl
Camera: ZWO ASI 120
Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs
Latitude: 48.7229° N
Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope
Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50
Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl
Camera: ZWO ASI 120
Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs
Latitude: 48.7229° N
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Re: Aldebaran Tonight 😳
Aldebaran to Ain and Prima Hyadum is great with 7x50 binoculars if you have them.Frankskywatcher wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:12 pm Going to give this a crack tonight !
https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-and-b ... 13-and-14/
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Frankskywatcher
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Re: Aldebaran Tonight 😳
Actually after observing Aldebaran , we looked at M42 and then M45 until it got too coldRefractordude wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 2:22 amAldebaran to Ain and Prima Hyadum is great with 7x50 binoculars if you have them.Frankskywatcher wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:12 pm Going to give this a crack tonight !
https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-and-b ... 13-and-14/
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago !
Equipment :
Apertura AD10” Dobsonian
Polaris 4” Dobsonian
7x50 binoculars
Equipment :
Apertura AD10” Dobsonian
Polaris 4” Dobsonian
7x50 binoculars
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