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Originally Posted by goober
Cheers guys, thanks.
Re: Virgo/Coma Bernices...
Absolutely ... I've never bothered from Melbourne before with my earlier beasts because of light pollution, and couldn't get them out of Melbourne. That will change  |
You should've man! I reckon with your old 12" you prolly could've hit 13-13.5th mag atleast from your location.
oh and re NGC5078, it is actually a quite small elongated shard of light in my 10", not the big impressive oval shown in the MSA and images! Looks like the outer halo is infact very faint then.