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Mr Q
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Reged: 02/25/08
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Loc: N Central New Mexico
Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular
      05/27/08 02:43 PM


After years of observing M51 with a scope, the other night I gave it a shot with 10x70s and, knowing its location, it was nice to see the elongated shape of its companion, though small and fairly faint. I too was under the impression that this object was not a likely candidate for binos but was wrong all these years. Now I'm on a quest to observe other previous "scope only" objects. Mr Q

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Meade DS-10(10" newt)
10x50, 10x70 binos

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* Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binoculars? CESDewar 05/24/08 01:37 AM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular BobinKy   05/25/08 12:27 PM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular Rich N   05/25/08 01:54 PM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular Rich N   05/25/08 02:24 PM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular starramus   05/25/08 02:35 PM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular Rich N   05/25/08 02:42 PM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular Mr Q   05/27/08 02:43 PM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular Greg K.   05/28/08 09:36 AM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular camvan   05/24/08 04:55 AM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular SkyG   05/24/08 09:08 AM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular Wes James   05/24/08 09:19 AM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular mttafire   05/24/08 11:24 AM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular Nick Lloyd   05/25/08 10:35 AM
. * Re: Never seen M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) in binocular edwincjones   05/25/08 11:34 AM

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