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Harrison asleep ?
Hi Doug,
Have missed your regular reports. Yep, the presence of little feet in the house puts paid to many night-time pursuits ... yes?
An enjoyable read, glad you enjoyed M67 which is a very interesting cluster from the point of view of its age. Leaving aside the issue of metallicity it is almost "globular" in population (well compared to most of the infant open clusters anyway.
M44 is a terrific object either in binoculars or in a huge telescope. In binoculars you can see the cluster with a nice big frame around it. In a huge 'scope you can have endless fun tracking down the many faint galaxies scattered within the multitudinous spray of bright stars. Some are visible in 25cm. It is almost an exercise in torture ... but good "fun" (of a kind) all the same.
Best,
Les D
P.S in the Avatar, it looks like Harrison is going for your jugular!
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