Feb Astronomy Report High Point Scientific

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Feb Astronomy Report High Point Scientific

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This is the report for February .
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago ! :Astronomer1:

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Apertura AD10” Dobsonian

Polaris 4” Dobsonian

7x50 binoculars
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Hi Frank. Thanks for the new February observing report and I really like this style of presentation that High Point Scientific uses.
Marshall
Sky-Watcher 90mm f/13.8 Maksutov-Cassegrain on motorized Multimount
Orion Astroview 120ST f/5 Refractor on EQ3 mount
Celestron Comet Catcher 140mm f/3.64 Schmidt-Newtonian on alt-az mount
Celestron Omni XLT150R f/5 Refractor on CG4 mount with dual axis drives.
Orion 180mm f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain on CG5-GT Goto mount.
Orion XT12i 12" f/4.9 Dobsonian Intelliscope.
Kamakura 7x35 Binoculars and Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 Binoculars. ZWO ASI 120MC camera.
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Nice overview...some interesting targets!

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Thanks for the post! This makes the adventure a bit easier and appended a few new targets for me. It is much more fun with some targets and data for viewing.
Telescopes: *Celestron DX5 SCT 127mm 5" w/StarSense *Astro-Tech 80ED AT80ED
Eyepiece: AT-UWA 4/7/10/13/16, AT-PF 5.5/15.5/25, ES52/10, ES62/20, SvBony 26-70 2", 7-21/3-8 zoom, Bresser 30/35 2"
Binoculars: Minolta 10x50 Wide Angle 7", HUTACT 10x42,
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