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50mm Does It...Re: Izar 60mm Split.
      07/10/08 11:57 AM

Tried Izar again last night, but this time with a 50mm mask on the Megrez 110ED.
At 131x and 205x, the companion looked like a slight bluish colored brightening on the primary's diffraction ring.
Much more subtle than the view using 58mm aperture.
I think 50mm is at or close to the lower limit of aperture for detecting the binary nature of Izar.

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* Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier 08/28/04 05:39 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. David Knisely   09/10/04 02:37 PM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier   09/11/04 04:22 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. EdZModerator   09/11/04 11:44 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. David Knisely   09/12/04 01:40 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Bonco   07/07/08 05:57 PM
. * 50mm Does It...Re: Izar 60mm Split. Clive Gibbons   07/10/08 11:57 AM
. * 50mm Does It...Re: Izar 60mm Split. Bonco   07/10/08 04:24 PM
. * Re: 50mm Does It...Re: Izar 60mm Split. Clive Gibbons   07/11/08 01:42 PM
. * Re: 50mm Does It...Re: Izar 60mm Split. Tamiji Homma   07/13/08 01:42 AM
. * 45mm Does It...Re: 50mm Does It... PhilH   08/17/08 07:01 AM
. * Re: 45mm Does It...Re: 50mm Does It... EdZModerator   08/17/08 02:48 PM
. * Re: 45mm Does It...Re: 50mm Does It... mv1000   08/21/08 08:37 PM
. * 50mm Does It...Re: Izar 60mm Split. Dave Mitsky   07/10/08 05:34 PM
. * 50mm Does It...Re: Izar 60mm Split. Bonco   07/10/08 08:04 PM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier   09/12/04 05:29 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. EdZModerator   09/12/04 08:35 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier   09/12/04 08:58 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. EdZModerator   09/13/04 03:30 PM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. David Knisely   09/14/04 02:46 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier   09/14/04 08:15 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. EdZModerator   09/14/04 09:26 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier   09/17/04 06:30 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. EdZModerator   09/17/04 12:12 PM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. EdZModerator   09/19/04 09:39 PM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier   09/20/04 04:31 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier   08/29/04 05:23 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier   08/31/04 04:48 AM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. P_Nut   09/08/04 12:29 PM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. EdZModerator   09/08/04 04:46 PM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. Steve Napier   09/09/04 01:33 PM
. * Re: Izar 60mm Split. EdZModerator   09/09/04 02:16 PM

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