Brierley David wrote: > You're right, I've never seen any detail at x20. The image is so bright > that the eye is completely overloaded - it's like looking at Venus at low > magnification. For what it's worth, as we have been observing and attempting to photograph Mir for many months now (@ 40X with an 8" reflector), see: http://bullhammer.com/satphotos1.htm It is possible to see some detail, Mir can look like a tiny L or T or H... but David is right, the glare is tremendous at culmination, I usually look for structure in the second half of a pass, as the object gets lower in the sky and the apparent motion slows and the glare retreats somewhat, set the scope ahead of the path of the object, let it settle for a second and look carefully as the object cruises through the feild of view... you could get lucky. It probably helps to try it a few dozen times. I recently purchased a pair of Celestron 20 X 80 Binocs (yay!), and tried the above approach (with binocs on a tripod), and was treated to a tiny golden "cross" as Mir skimmed off into a light cloud cover. Fun! -- Tom Troszak, Asheville, NC, USA 35.601 N, -82.554 W elevation 2,300 ft. mailto:tom@bullhammer.com http://www.bullhammer.com/satphotos1.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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