Re: Refractors vs. binoculars

Doink <skyman1...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

There aren't 7 stars in the Trapezium. There are 6
and the other 2 (from the usual 4) are pretty rough.

I was curious, so I took my Orion 20x80s out to the
back yard and had a look. The Trapezium was clearly
(but just barely) three stars, with a suggestion of a
4th. I've seen the E and F components, but it took an
8" and dark skies to do so.

The Pleiades were the usual religious experience,
M41 and M44 weren't too shabby, and Saturn was
a tiny yellow oval...

These binoculars are obviously achromats, but good
ones. I could see a little bit of false colour on Sirius and
the Moon, but that was about it.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

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