Yes. That helps with resolving double stars as well.
RO
----- Original Message -----
From: <RichardN22@aol.com>
To: <sf-bay-tac@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [TAC] The image on the eye.
> In a message dated 4/22/2005 8:43:34 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> mark.wagner@resource-intl.com writes:
>>How many of you find that taking a short, dark, break away from the
>>eyepiece
>>helps a great deal? I find trying too hard, especially with faint galaxy
>>fields, or PNebs in rich star fields, fatigues the eye to the point things
>>start to vanish.
>
> Sometimes yes, when I feel I lumpy darkness begins materializing out of
> the
> background, and that's all, I will take a break. But most of the time, I
> end up doing what Peter does, looking for up to a minute, jiggling the
> scope, moving my eye around, changing eyepieces, and if the target is
> "gettable" it happens - with patience and persistence.
> I'll stop and drink a beer. When I get back to the eyepiece I start
> seeing
> all kinds of things that weren't there before!
>
> Richard
>
Received on Fri Apr 22 11:32:29 2005