That pretty much describes the view in a 10", except the need for averted vision. A 10" has just enough aperture to see it straight on...
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Gottlieb
To: The Astronomy Connection
Cc: Matthew Marcus
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Jones 1 (was Re: [TAC] Re: Done, Fin, Completed: Ship-it!)
On Nov 28, 2006, at 1:23 PM, Matthew wrote:
> The only reason I'm hesitant about saying that I positively saw it
> is that
> nobody else is talking about having seen it in
> anything nearly as small as 8". When Steve says it's "faint" in a
> 13", that
> would seem to imply "impossible" in 8", but
> I do remember having seen it and agreeing with the description as
> being like
> a planet with polar caps.
> mam
Matt, I seem to recall seeing it in your C-8 from Lake Sonoma after
we had looked at it in my 18-inch. In any case I wouldn't say
something that's "faint" in a 13-inch would necessarily be impossible
in an 8-inch. Here's Kent Wallace's description with his C-8 as
evidence: "Visible at 62.5x as a large, very faint pair of arcs,
requiring the O-III filter and averted vision."
Steve
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