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Originally Posted by Stevec35
Nice Mike! I usually pride myself on knowledge of objects but I have to admit I haven't heard of this one. Maybe age is catching up.
Cheers
Steve
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I saw an image of it earlier in the year and thought those faint outer arms will be a good feature to tackle with the AG12, so I'll get that when it comes around
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Originally Posted by michaellxv
That is fabulous Mike, I was only looking at this one the other night.
What is that on the outer arm at about 9 o'clock? It almost looks like another background galaxy but there is nothing marked on my charts.
Edit: Found it. PGC 708504
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Glad you liked it Mike, yes a little galaxy it is
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Originally Posted by alpal
Well done Mike,
You've picked up those very faint arms &
there are also many fuzzies in the background.
After a Google search I could only find one pic that had more detail in the core
& was also in colour here:
http://www.capella-observatory.com/I...ies/NGC289.htm
It's good you went for a hard target - it makes you a pioneer.
cheers
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He he, yeah that's a 5m FL 16" in Namibia (edit 24")
there's another sharp version taken with a 16" RC scope at Cerre Tololo (seeing is king!) but Hey, I was happy enough with the end result considering the very variable (and windy) conditions over the four nights (man does a dome help in the wind, struth
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