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Smoky skies
Has anyone tried to observe through the current Sydney smoke haze?
Two nights ago I could only see Sirius and the two bright Orion stars with the naked eye. Out of curiosity I tried to follow up a bright (16V) new asteroid candidate for the MPC with my C14. Normally I can reach about 20V but through the smoke the limiting magnitude was 15V with the same setup. A loss of about 5 magnitudes. The moon looked almost eclipsed.
Andras
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