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Thread #132580   Message #3002121
Posted By: GUEST,mauvepink
07-Oct-10 - 07:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Re. Jupiter
Subject: RE: BS: Re. Jupiter
My apologies Steve. I confess I have never found it a binocular object but then the seeing has to be quite remarkable according to most authorities I have just Googled on your advice. I am even more surprised to find that Neptune too can be a binocular object. The optics and seeing must be tremndous and I would imagine tripod mounted in the very least.

Nonetheless... I am sorry for my erroneous statement and apologise to all involved. That will teach me to think that because I have not been able to find it it is not findable in binoculars. Some evn say it is a naked eye object. Some must have remarkable eyes ;-)

Then again, I remember seeing the double double in Lyra one night with a 4.5" Newtonian that everyone said would not be possible. Some nights the seeing can be stupendous.

Thanks for correcting me

mp