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Old 31-01-2010, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Paddy View Post
Some nice observations there, Sab, especially with ordinary seeing. You do very well with some very faint galaxies. I'll have to have a go at Hickson 40 and the Abels that you described.
Thanks mate. Hickson 40 should be quite nice from your dark skies with the 16". Use high power (300x or more) to seperate the 4 brightest galaxies. The 5th member at Mag 17 is beyond amatuer reach.

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Originally Posted by orestis View Post
Very nice report Sab,

You certainly got quite a lot of galaxies in that one night Great work keep it up if melbourne weather permits,its been cloudy up here all week .

Great read
Orestis
Cheers mate, it's the moon that's got me shackled to the house this time
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