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5-11-2022 TSS Visual Report of the Day. by helicon
"A Lunar excursion with a 5" Unitron" Member Unitron48 (Dave) was able to get his 5" refractor set up for some lunar viewing. At f/16 the optical assembly is very long and the whole set up including mount clocks in at 275 lbs! So hardly a grab-n-go. But the views mostly though .965 OD eyepieces at powers... Read more...
-Michael 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