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Old 22-04-2013, 07:30 PM
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Paddy (Patrick)
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Wow! Thanks Robert for another one or two of your very illuminating responses. Amazing. Very interesting to read what you say about observing the brighter parts of the galaxies. I will re-read your post a few times before the next observing session and see if I can train my eyes more fully.

With regard to NGC 2442 I have observed it quite a few times and I have excellent skies to the south, so usually get a pretty good look at it. From memory, the central brightening looked extended rather than stellar. Thanks for the correction about the term nucleus. Very good point.

I really appreciate the time you put into these posts and like to go over them a few times as it takes quite a bit to get my head around them.

Sab, the Ghost of Jupiter at 660x was AMAZING!!! couldn't put it intos words. I owe you a debt because your reports were what encouraged me to ramp up the magnification on PNs. Fantastic!
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