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Patricko
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Reged: 01/30/07
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Loc: around the corner
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Last night while M92 was high in the sky I pointed my 66mm refractor toward it. The object was very bright and easy with a 32mm plossl in the barrel. With a 6mm ortho at around 67x the object showed very well. Looked as a bright "misty cloud". A power of ~133x proved that this bright DSO could take power. Still just a cloud. Finally, I used a 4.7mm Meade UWA (I love this EP for globs!) and 2x-barlow for ~170x. Local bright lights always annoy me while viewing globs.  There is plenty of it around my backyard.
Anyways, this combination with the use of averted vision revealed granulation and a few resolved stars on the outer edges! What a spectacular site!  Does anyone else like this glob in a small scope, or have you tried it? 
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Clear skies,
Patrick
 "Life is too short, go collect some photons!" - Me, myself, and I
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star drop
Guilty as Charged
Reged: 02/02/08
Posts: 3247
Loc: Cattaraugus Co., NY
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Hi Patrick,
M92 has always been one of my favorites in either my 10 x 70 binoculars or in an Astroscan which I previously owned.
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Ted
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proud uncle
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 01/22/07
Posts: 1336
Loc: Central Texas
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Patrick, I somehow do not think 10" quite fits your idea of a "small scope". But, last week after having a few nights of observing other Messier globulars -- M3, M4, M5, M13, and M53, I had to observe M92 and M80. I had previously found and viewed all (except M4 and M80) in my 10x50 binocular, and was surprised at M92's brightness. When I first viewed M92 through the scope at 200x, I was in total awe at the large number of stars easily resolved, even to the core. I did not attempt to count. I could only savor the view for several minutes. As impressive as many of these other globulars are, none had quite the same impression for me as M92. So, based on my comparative observations of these globs through my 10" Dob, I suspect M92 would be one of the nicer ones through a small scope.
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Kenneth
Zhumell 10" Dobsonian (f/4.9)
2" 32mm WA eyepiece
9mm, 12.5mm, and 20mm Plossls
6mm TMB/BO Planetary
2" 2x ED Barlow
Nikon 10x50 binocular (6.5 deg FOV)
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Jeff Lee
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Reged: 09/17/06
Posts: 387
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My C90 (USA version) and C5 like it a lot:)
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Jeff Lee
C90,C5,C8, 10 x 50's
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Jeff Young
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Reged: 08/04/05
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Loc: Ireland
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We had clear skies last night but my wife had invited some friends over for dinner and I was, well, let's just say somewhat inebriated by the time they left. Not trusting myself with the main scope or the observatory dome, I settled down to half an hour lying in the grass with my 18x70s. M13 and M92 were both quite fine....
And no hangover this morning!
Cheers,
-- Jeff.
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Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium Colorado:
Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130
APM MC1610 / Tak FC-100 / AP1200GTO Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO
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