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jmoore
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Reged: 10/01/03
Posts: 1959
Loc: Beaufort, NC
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Spent a little time last night in my front yard with 15x70 Burgess binos (and my 5" Mak)...
Just wanted to say that Lyra is a beautiful constellation in binoculars. Nice binocular doubles everywhere, one really red star (like the color of Betlegeuse) that held my attention for quite some time, and I could detect M57 (Ring) through my 15x70s. First time I've done that. Didn't look like much, but hey, I guess I can say I've done it now, right?
And though not in Lyra, I also checked out M13 in my binos. Pretty cool. In fact, I could detect M13 w/ my naked eye last night...from my light polluted front yard!
Anyway...I highly recommend spending some binocular-time in this region of the sky.
cheers,
jeff
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ArizonaScott
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Reged: 04/29/04
Posts: 4964
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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Most definitely a beautiful constellation and the Double-Double is always a fun challenge. A few years ago I was working on my Binocular Messier program and was shocked to see the Ring in 10x50 binos. I'll admit that the skies were very dark but it was still a surprise. There are some globulars in Lyra and also in Delphinus that are challenging but do-able in your 5" mak. Check em' out.
Scott
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Scott
10" LX200 Classic, Konus 200, Orion ST80, ETX90 OTA, 60mm Celestron alt-az, Obie 20x80's, Meade 10x50's
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jwaldo
Smart Mime
Reged: 04/26/04
Posts: 3504
Loc: SoCal
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Ya, I like looking for the Ring in 10x50s. I've done it from my light polluted back yard, with a couple of narrowband filters.
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-Jim
DHQ 8"
C102 w/ upgraded focuser
ZenithStar 66 ED Triplet
DSH 6"
Transporter 70
Sears 60/900mm
10x50's & assorted other binos
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EdZ
Professor EdZ
Reged: 02/15/02
Posts: 12332
Loc: Cumberland, R I , USA42N71.4W
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There's a whole slew of doubles in Lyra, including one of my favorite binocular challenges. Struve 2470 and Struve 2474, the double-double's double. Much greater separations than e1e2, do-able with 15x70s.
Close to Lyra is 100 Herc a near perfect even 14.2" binocular double, I've split with 12x50 Pentax.
Some of the corners of Lyra are doubles or even triples.
Don't forget M56.
edz
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