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From: Jun Lao (gc4959_at_hidden_email_address.net)
Date: 08/27/1997



At 10:07 AM 8/27/97 +0300, you wrote:

>Yes, I believed that "deep-sky wisdom" is reversed in case of halos. If
you
>try to observe a faint halo (around sun or moon) and like to increase
>contrast to get better picture of halo you have to decrease
magnification.
>One device to do that is convex mirror. Convex mirror is not very good
with
>lunar halos (because those are often very faint) but works very well with
>daytime halos.
>
>Jarmo Moilanen
>jarmom_at_netppl.fi
>http://www.netppl.fi/~jarmom/

This being the case, would using the binoculars backwards (looking through the front lens out into the eyepiece) at the halo make it appear more vivid?

Jun
Jun Lao <gc4959_at_bekkoame.or.jp>
Kobe, Japan