Trapezium and TAC

by Mark Wagner

I was just out in my backyard where the 10" f/5.7 has been set up all day. Threw in the 12 Nagler and peeked at M42, even with the moon up and thin cloud. Trap was great. So I went up to the 7 and it was easy to see all six stars. Very very steady. Put in the 2x Barlow with the 7 Nagler and everything was sitting perfectly still in the eyepiece (scope is on a tracking platform). All six stars, the bright ones with very nice tight concentric circles around them - tiny bright dots in each. F star was jumping out - held very steady. Nice views.

TAC is down. SEDS has been contacted. So, no e-mail or web-page for now.

Posted on calastro Fri Mar 5 20:06:19 2004 PT
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