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Old 09-01-2011, 06:47 PM
astrospotter (Mark)
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Outstanding OR Paddy

I enjoyed the very well put together OR quite a bit and thank you for sharing your observations. One cannot hardly move the scope anywhere in the LMC without hitting more and more objects in each field. I only had 5 nights way down south back in this March but your report brings it all back (and more of course). So I had a real rush job and it would be so great to go back and revisit it every month like you all can down there. Now the LMC is in optimal viewing and it was rather low back in March. I'll have to save up my pennies and get down south to your wonderful skies again someday perhaps in the Nov-Dec timeframe ... maybe next year.

Thanks also for posting Henize and other designations, very handy.

Have looked at your charts and they are as you would say down there 'top shelf'. Very nicely done.

Yes the NGC/IC project is a true jewel to us observers. It had gone offline but was fortunately brought back and I for one am extremely thankful for that site.

Cheers and thanks again for the very enjoyable OR.

Mark Johnston
'A guy from +37 degrees who has no LMC'
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