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Old 22-08-2006, 04:10 AM
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Fornax Dwarf galaxy

Just saw the Fornax Dwarf Galaxy PGC 10074 for the first time.
Tried with 20x80 Andrews binocs first and thought I could see it.
Then I used my 10" f/5 Andrews dob and definitely saw it with a 40mm Plossl eyepiece at 30 times. The brightest part is on the north preceding side of a mag 8.3 star.

Also saw a whole lot of galaxies with the 20x80s this morning including:
Ms 31, 32, 110, 33, 74, 77
NGCs 55, 300, 7793, 1549, 1553, 1566, 1313, 6744, 247, 253, 1097, 1365, 1316, 1269, 1399, 1380, 1350, 1792, 1808 and 7331.

Tried for mag 11.3 NGC 7552 and 7582 but not seen with binocs.

The 20 X 80 TRIPLET binoculars cost $199.00. They show stars down to about mag 11.
Binocs are great for large objects like M31, LMC and SMC.

Last edited by glenc; 22-08-2006 at 06:31 AM.
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