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Re: (IAAC) Splitting Rigel
Jeff,
Thanks that's a good tip. I guess it is rather close... the conditions were
too poor and rather soupy to find separate refraction rings last night. I
will keep my eye out for it :)
Penny
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Blanchard <jeffb@cruzio.com>
To: netastrocatalog-announce@latrade.com
<netastrocatalog-announce@latrade.com>
Date: Friday, March 06, 1998 7:28 PM
Subject: (IAAC) Splitting Rigel
>>Question...I have looked and
>>looked for the double to Rigel. Burnham's lists it as splitable with a
good
>>six inch primary. I have an eight inch, and regardless of the conditions,
>>cannot split it. What gives here? Am I missing something?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Penny
>
>I have split this little beauty with my 8" Penny. Look for the fairly
>faint double hiding behind one of the diffraction spikes. Moving the star
>of center and varying your eye placement can help. It's worth the extra
>work!
>
>Jeff
>
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