Pennyrile Stargaze

The 2016 Pennyrile Stargaze will be held from October 1 to October 9. No preregistration is required, however, if you plan to attend please contact us on this FB page or at jsshirleysr@gmail.com telling us the number of days you plan to attend. This will help us with planning for the Porta Potties. Visitors are always welcome.... Coffee, tea, hot chocolate and friendly fellowship will be provided

Friday, November 2, 2012

William Optics FTL 98 mounted on LX200R 14

First light through the Williams Optics FLT98 APO was nothing less than awesome. The cloud bands on Jupiter showed highly detailed structure. M45 The Pleiades through the 14inch show only 4-5 stars with a 50mm 60 degree FOV eyepiece. The FLT with a 24mm 68 deg. FOV eyepiece showed all the stars of M45 as well as a larger area surrounding it.
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