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Old 01-05-2017, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by mental4astro View Post
The blasted Running KFC is one underwhelming sucker that is REALLY tricky to identify. Despite its relatively bright quoted magnitude value, because of its size, this point source visual magnitude value is spread out. So it is a large, but faint nebula.

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Alex.
Thanks for a great description of the trials of finding the Chook. I'll look again with a new understanding of how, where, and what to look for.

I especially liked the phrase "star hoping". Whether it was a typo or a deliberate Alex-ism it perfectly describes my newbie efforts at finding my way around. A lot more hoping than accurate hopping.
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