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To start with the binoviewers, yes I find there’s a significant light loss when using those. I only use them on brighter solar system objects. But having spent two years trying to see Amalthea...

I have a 32” SDM with Lockwood mirror at my astro property. I built a ROR observatory for it which is a nice luxury.

Typically most of this observing I do at 516x to over 1000x if required, so a...

Not yet, but I haven’t attempted it yet this season. I did learn something valuable researching this a while ago. Charon is at max elongation from Pluto when it is at 150 degrees and 330 degrees...

I’ll tell you my process Dragan. First I download the ephemeris data from the Minor Planet Centre for the moons. So far I have found the data to be very accurate with all the moons exactly where the...

It’s all relative I guess. Phobos and Deimos are not that easy when you first attempt seeing them, but like anything get easier with practice. Seeing those two lots of times over the years was...

I thought I would start a thread here given the experience and knowledge in the DSF even though it’s not a deep sky topic.

I’ve been putting an effort into observing the solar system moons for the...

Last month M102 was at peak observing from here at 32S. It reached a lofty 2.5 degrees altitude. I’m glad I managed to see it, but I probably won’t make a habit of observing down in the weeds.

Thanks Jimi. One of the reasons for stepping up to the 32” was to enjoy some of the more obscure objects. I will certainly start doing that, now that I have the new dob tuned in. Thanks for the...

Thanks for that. There is such a wealth of great information here.

Copeland’s Septet is a tight group of seven NGC galaxies ranging from magnitude 14.5 to 16.2. Using my 10 Delos for 310x they easily fit in the 15’ wide FOV. Separation between some members is tight,...