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Old 15-04-2005, 10:35 PM
ausastronomer (John Bambury)
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Originally posted by GrampianStars
IMO seems to me to be a scale for city dwellers
I agree, I can see 47 Tuc naked eye from my mag 5 backyard skies with only fair transparancy, even when its fairly low. I can see Omega Centauri with my sunglasses on

The scale is certainly not really appropriate for someone with dark skies and good conditions.

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