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wonder if this is a usual thing or is it atmospheric dependent

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sorry to say, I don't recall experiencing this. I would say it is not usual. I would also say it is not atmospheric dependant. I would say it is an illusion, perhaps for you a very neat illusion.

BTW, I had my new Nikon Prostar 7x50 out a few days ago. I counted 45 stars on the M44 chart. LM at the time was about mag 5.2. very early next morning, while observing Cr399, I could clearly see several stars of mag 9.1 and I suspected seeing one star at mag 9.3.

On the same evening I had out my Oberwerk 25x100 and I counted 129 stars in M44.

Also saw NGC 3628 along with M65 & M66 thru the 25x100. Only one member of the M65-M66 pair was seen in the 7x50.
edz

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