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Skies have been clear for a few nights (Say what?!!???) so I've been playing with my new Orion 15x70s. Took some looks at:
Orion's sword and belt
Hyades
Pleiades
Mars and the Pleiades
Beehive
Random scanning in Sco and Cygnus
M26 open cluster in Scutum. Not 100% sure about the id though. I was randomly scanning around Scut and Oph when I ran across it and there are a lot of OCs in that region.
Planning on going to a club dark site tonight or tomorrow to try them out under less LP. The access road might be too wet and / or muddy though so I might have to settle for pulling off to the side of the main road and taking a quick look.
============================================================================= I drink tea, I read books, I look at stars when I'm not cursing clouds. It's what I do. =============================================================================
AT50, AT72EDII, ST80, ST102; Scopetech Zero, AZ-GTi, AZ Pronto; Innorel RT90C, Oberwerk 5000; Orion Giantview 15x70s, Vortex 8x42s, Navy surplus 7x50s, Nikon 10x50s
Glad the binos are working out well for you. Good luck on your dark site trip.
Alan
Scopes: Astro Sky 17.5 f/4.5 Dob || Apertura AD12 f/5 Dob || Zhumell Z10 f/4.9 Dob ||
ES AR127 f/6.5 || ES ED80 f/6 || Apertura 6" f/5 Newtonian
Mounts: ES Twilight-II and Twilight-I
EPs: AT 82° 28mm UWA || TV Ethos 100° 21mm and 13mm || Vixen LVW 65° 22mm ||
ES 82° 18mm || Pentax XW 70° 10mm, 7mm and 5mm || barlows
Filters (2 inch): DGM NPB || Orion Ultra Block, O-III and Sky Glow || Baader HaB
Primary Field Atlases: Uranometria All-Sky Edition and Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas
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Bigzmey wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:16 pm
Orion and Sco? Was that an all-nighter session?
Noooooooooooo. I stepped out for a bit before bed and then went back out again at my usual 0400 wake-up time.
I'm struggling a bit with tonight's plan. I want to drive out to a dark site, but probably won't get back until late, so that'll put a zap on any early AM observing tomorrow.
============================================================================= I drink tea, I read books, I look at stars when I'm not cursing clouds. It's what I do. =============================================================================
AT50, AT72EDII, ST80, ST102; Scopetech Zero, AZ-GTi, AZ Pronto; Innorel RT90C, Oberwerk 5000; Orion Giantview 15x70s, Vortex 8x42s, Navy surplus 7x50s, Nikon 10x50s
Bigzmey wrote: ↑Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:16 pm
Orion and Sco? Was that an all-nighter session?
Noooooooooooo. I stepped out for a bit before bed and then went back out again at my usual 0400 wake-up time.
I'm struggling a bit with tonight's plan. I want to drive out to a dark site, but probably won't get back until late, so that'll put a zap on any early AM observing tomorrow.
I would take one session at a dark site over two sessions at not so dark.
Got clouded out but at least it was before I left home so no gas wasted. Maybe tonight...
============================================================================= I drink tea, I read books, I look at stars when I'm not cursing clouds. It's what I do. =============================================================================
AT50, AT72EDII, ST80, ST102; Scopetech Zero, AZ-GTi, AZ Pronto; Innorel RT90C, Oberwerk 5000; Orion Giantview 15x70s, Vortex 8x42s, Navy surplus 7x50s, Nikon 10x50s