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Old 07-10-2014, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by strongmanmike View Post


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 )
Hi Mike,
it's hard to compete with long focal length & large mirrors but
you've done remarkably well.

I wish our German friends in Chile would dial in this one - with the 32".
It's too big to ignore.
http://www.chart32.de/index.php/galaxies-m


cheers
Allan
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