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Old 30-09-2009, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by goober View Post
Nice report. I've observed all those targets, except NGC 55. I've tried several times from suburbia, but it's been too faint to pick out with my 4". Have to try from some dark skies...
Thanks for the comment Doug. It's odd, but on that moon affected night NGC 55 (mag 8.2) seemed brighter than 253 (mag 7.07) but it was just the brighter portion, the fainter outlying regions were blown away by the moon, even though it was opposite in the sky. Cheers, Paul.
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