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Old 03-07-2014, 05:48 PM
el_draco (Rom)
Politically incorrect.

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Originally Posted by mental4astro View Post

Polarissima Australis is the closest catalogued object to the South Celestial Pole. It is a tiny magnitude 14 galaxy that requires not only aperture to make out, but conditions need to be good - such tiny galaxies are impossible to see if there is a lot of moisture in the sky, or transperency isn't great. There are also no significantly bright stars to assist with star hopping, sucking your eyeballs out to identify the correct asterisms to track Polarissima Australis.
Do you have an image of this galaxy by any chance?
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