Hey Steve,

The other night Anja and I got out and The Shred was on my to-do list. Last month we observed the shred in Jimis scope and I wanted to make sure I went after it in my 25".

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I was really expecting it to be much more difficult than it was. The shred was visible about 50% of the time using my 7mm ortho (450x). The shred actually improved slightly using a 12.5 ortho becoming visible about 2/3rds of the time. The field comprised of a small double and a small triple with hints of Arp 142 at the top of the field. I wanted to see if Anja can confirm what I was seeing. Without coaching her I had asked her to tell me if any star "looked different". Without much difficulty, she freely mentioned that the left star of the double "looked like it had a small tail" I asked her to confirm the direction of the tail and she stated "away from the Arp".

I was quite proud she was able to see it!!