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17/3/10 observing night
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21-03-2010, 06:43 PM
Paddy
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Hi Orestis,
Thanks for the report and sketch. The bloated appearance of the star is actually the expanding shell of gas thrown off by the star in the 1850s, so you have seen the gas. If you keep coming back to it, you will see more detail over time.
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