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Old 04-06-2016, 11:32 PM
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Hi Natalie,

The area you were looking at (around NGC 5139, Omega Cen) has one comet in the region, but it's magnitude 38 (way beyond any telescope could visualise).

Cen A (NGC 5128) is in the region, but it's not generally described as a green ball ...

Image from Sky Safari.

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Tony Barry
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