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Originally Posted by §AB
thanks for another great report! Looks as if the seeing is improving towrds the morning during recent nights. I got off work early yesterday, was home by 10:45pm and toyed with the idea of going outside, but I was a bit tired and couldn't be stuffed collimating in the dark and dealing with the wind.
It's times like this I really, really wish I had a 90 or 100mm grab 'n' go refractor!
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I was tired too - so just in case, I set everything up before I crashed and had dinner. Even then I nearly didn't go outside. Having the scope ready to go tipped me over the edge.
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I've tried to spot NGC 247 in both my 4.5" and 10" reflectors. In the Millenium Star Atlas it is shown with large, inviting symbol. But I haven't seen it at all, even with the 10". Absolutely nothing.
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I just received O'Meara's Herschell 400 book off Amazon - it is described in there. Quite large and somewhere around magnitude 9.5. No wonder I can't see it! Described as a thin streak in a small scope.