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Old 30-04-2015, 11:22 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Originally Posted by andyc View Post
Lovely picture and nice colour as ever. And you're right, so many stars! Sounds like it was a good night all round too
Sure was, bit short since it started round midnight but seeing the bright detailed Milky Way stretch directly over my head from horizon to horizon with that searchlight like zodiacal light was beautiful

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Originally Posted by SkyViking View Post
Very nice image Mike! Barnard 86 is such a distinct feature and that golden background of innumerable stars sure tickles the imagination!
I recall roughly estimating around 1 million stars present in my earlier image of B86. Btw, just outside your FOV lies one of the more obscure globulars, Djorg 2
That's a lot of stars Rolf..I gave up at 32

Mike
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