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Dorado Galaxies
Last night's sky was quite steady and clear from my town backyard in Bowral. So I put the 106mm refractor out for some quick viewing before the moon came up.
In January I had observed the NGC 1566 galaxy group in Dorado in my 18" being impressed with the brightness of three of it members. This group is not mentioned much in the literature, but should be as the three brightest members 1566, 1553 & 1549 can be all be contained easily in a 1.5 degree field.
So in went the 13mm Nagler for 54X and 1.5 degrees. The three galaxies were beautifully framed, each a distinct extended object.
My backyard is in the town with lighting all around. But as this group is very high early in the evening, this did not seem to affect the view.
Can recommend anyone try this with a 4" and up scope - a lovely grouping.
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