Another Evening with the C90 Mak (3-30-20)

[terrynak]

Clear evening last night with a 6-day old Moon, so I got out my C90 Mak / NexStar GT combo:



Objects seen:

o) Venus – was able to push the magnification up to 138x and 168x and still get a nice gibbous shape without false color. Beautiful.
o) M36, M37, M38 – although dimmed by moonglow (and urban skies of course), it was still exciting to revisit these clusters; hadn’t seen them in years.
o) M41 – very bright compared to the 3 previous clusters.
o) Beta Monoceros (mag = 4.6, 5.0, 5.3, sep = 7”, 3”) – at 138x, can see three stars in a row; impressive.
o) Tegman or Zeta Cancri (mag = 5.3. 6.2, 5.9, sep = 6.1”, 1.0”) – can just resolve the tighter binary pair in this triple star system using 138x and 168x.

Other objects seen: NGC 2362, NGC 2392, 19 Lyncis, 38 Gemini, the Moon.

[Thefatkitty]

That's a nice setup Terry, that Mak and the NexStar look great together. And a nice evening as well! I'd really like a Mak to add to my collection of fracs and newts. As well, I'm hoping for clear skies here. One day they may come to pass

All the best,

[Don Quixote]

You had a nice outing, Terry !
Thank you for the post.

[terrynak]

That's a nice setup Terry, that Mak and the NexStar look great together. And a nice evening as well! I'd really like a Mak to add to my collection of fracs and newts. As well, I'm hoping for clear skies here. One day they may come to pass

All the best,

Thanks Mark! Saturday night was the first time I ever paired these two together - I've had the Mak since June 2012 and the NexStar GT mount (which came with a 102mm F/9.8 achromat) since October 2012.

But yeah, nice sharp diffraction patterns on the stars with the Mak. Hope you get yours soon!

You had a nice outing, Terry !
Thank you for the post.

Thanks, you're welcome Mark!