Gravitational Lens - Captured with Orion XX12i

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Last post 10-30-2009 10:43 AM by Little Rock AFB. 2 replies.

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Little Rock AFB Joined on 08-17-2009 Posts 3	Gravitational Lens - Captured with Orion XX12i Amazing news (to me anyway), The Orion XX12 telescope is "The Heat" as I was able to find the Gravitational Lens (Magnitude 15.5 !!) near Algenib in Pegasus. It was only a faint brown smudge...but I'm still floored I was able to see it! I used a TeleVue 6mm Ethos. Love my XX12...hug! Herc guy
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Starwolf Joined on 03-26-2006 Glenside, Pennsylvania Posts 926	Re: Gravitational Lens - Captured with Orion XX12i Awesome job! Congrats! JATO rules Signature "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." - Plato ~Starwolf~ http://www.joecaggiano.com
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Little Rock AFB Joined on 08-17-2009 Posts 3	Re: Gravitational Lens - Captured with Orion XX12i Hopefully one day I can see more than a brown dot!
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