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OldDeadOne
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Reged: 09/09/06
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Loc: West Virginia
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Well I went after the OWL nebula with my new DGM NPB filter and it makes it stand out in my 10" viewing both eyeballs(without just a round blob featureless),first time catching this on a very short viewing night since I have to work tomorrow. I wished I had more time to view it to gather in better details but it's better than nothing. Maybe next week I'll have more time to view on the night before my day off(if it's clear) to really take it in. Also it sucks to wait for it to get dark now at about 9:30 to 10PM for any chance of decent viewing(after midnight is best lol)
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LX200 10" Classic
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waterdog
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Reged: 06/23/07
Posts: 38
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Very cool--congratulations. I went after the Owl myself the other night for the first time with a new 5.5 APO refractor and an O-III filter. At high powers, it appeared to me as a bloated fuzzy star with a slight halo around it. Without the filter, I still saw it quite easily and I too noticed a definite blueish color. I don't have any hope of seeing the "eyes" in this scope, but it was still fun getting a decent view of it. Good viewing to you!
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wysky
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Reged: 05/27/08
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Loc: wyoming
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I saw the eyes last night pretty easy. What I can't see at all is The North American Nebula. I try and try and it is never there.
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cpc1100
2x televue big barlow
ethos13mm
2" ultima 32 and 17mm
lumicon filters planetary, polarizing, and OIII
C5 spotting scope
11x80 celestron bino's
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David Knisely
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Reged: 04/19/04
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Loc: Beatrice, Nebraska
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I saw the eyes last night pretty easy. What I can't see at all is The North American Nebula. I try and try and it is never there.
The North America Nebula is a big object, so it takes very low power and a rich-field instrument to really see it all that well. I prefer a field of view in excess of two degrees when going after it, and I usually have little trouble seeing it in my 100mm f/6 refractor at around 25x (Tele Vue 24mm Panoptic and OIII filter, 2.6 degree field of view). It is fairly faint, so observing it under light polluted conditions can be rather difficult. Clear skies to you.
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David W. Knisely
Hyde Memorial Observatory
http://www.hydeobservatory.info
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desertrefugee
professor emeritus
Reged: 08/06/07
Posts: 527
Loc: Arizona
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I find observing the Owl more satisfying not by pulling out "eye" detail, but by including M108 in the field. You get two for the price of one, a planetary nebula and an edge on spiral galaxy.
Not something you see every day in the same field.
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"Look now upon the River of Heaven, Sky-Road of the Immortals, White with the star-frost of a billion years".
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Reflectors (114, 150, 254mm), Refractors (60, 76.2, 80, 120), MCT (125), way too many Binoculars
Cave Creek/Carefree, AZ
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stevecoe
Reged: 04/24/04
Posts: 2129
Loc: Arizona, USA
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WYsky;
You will have better luck with the big binoculars than with the CPC 1100. If you have even fairly dark skies it should be fairly easy to spot.
Enjoy;
Steve Coe
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150mm 6" f/8 Celestron Refractor on Sirius Mount
80mmED 3" f/7.5 Orion Refractor
Author "Deep Sky Observing" Springer-Verlag
Author "Nebulae and How to Observe Them" Springer
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wysky
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Reged: 05/27/08
Posts: 51
Loc: wyoming
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Have to take the 11x80's out tonight.
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cpc1100
2x televue big barlow
ethos13mm
2" ultima 32 and 17mm
lumicon filters planetary, polarizing, and OIII
C5 spotting scope
11x80 celestron bino's
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Josh U
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Reged: 07/10/07
Posts: 41
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Hey Waterdog,
You actually just might surprise yourself with those "eyes" in the Owl. I remember JUST seeing them in my 80mm achro from suburban skies. It certainly wasn't easy, and I think I might have had a towel over my head. (My neighbors must love me!) Give it a shot, sounds like you've got a nice scope. They really make the nebula look ghostly.
Josh
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"How you do anything is how you do everything."
Zhumell 10" dob
80mm Refractor
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