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Old 14-10-2014, 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by tonybarry View Post
Heavens-above lists C/2013 A1 Siding Spring as being magnitude 15.1 - well beyond the reach of anything visual amateur. A camera and a good dose of time might be more successful.

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Tony Barry
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Tony Heavens above is way out of line,it is no where near 15.1.
As I have said I have observed in both 8"and 16" scopes and only needs a dark sky for scopes over 8" to observe,even though you won't see that much.
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