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Had a go at spotting the quasar on Monday night. Seeing was the best I'd had in a long time and transparency was very good as well. I was able to use just over 500x in the 18 inch dob and NGC 7205 (very close to the quasars location) showed noticeable mottling and the spiral arm was very distinct. Moving to the quasars field, I was able to locate all the field stars shown on the finder chart, the faintest magnitude I could see with direct vision was a 16.4 mag star near the quasars location. With averted vision, I could see fainter stars intermittently in the area of the quasar but wasn't able to confirm it positively. I have made a more detailed chart to try again at the next opportunity.
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