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April 03, 2008

More observations with 120ST and "Contellation View"

April 3, 2008 - 3:15 am - 5:30 am - T4-5, S3 This was a wonderful, refreshing session, though cold got to my hands once ina while. What I did most of the time was play with the Orion...
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February 11, 2008

M35? Of course. But NGC 2158 with a 66mm - that surprised me

Session: February 8, 2008 - I don't have notes, but I have one sterling memory from this session last Friday night which followed about an hour's frustration with the Cube - see this post. The memory was of the distant...
Posted by Greg Stone at 01:06 PM
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January 24, 2008

Clusters, Comet Tuttle, and NexStar mount

January 3, 2008 - evening - Transparency excellent, seeing average - 13 degrees - Started out by using the Orion 80EDon the NexStar mount. It has an altitude limit of about 60 degrees which I ste on th emount. If...
Posted by Greg Stone at 08:19 AM
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