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Originally Posted by mickoking
IC 2448 is the planetery in the false cross (I think) and yes it is a good test coz I used the blinking technique to find that object. Planetaries are quite obvious in OIII filters.
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I have not seen IC 2448 yet. However on the night of the 18th I did find NGC 2867 from my back yard, with plenty of light pollution and a bright moon on the horizon. That was a bit of a surprise, and I am sure I would not have been able to ID it without the filter.
Dennis.