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NGC 55 and NGC 300
All,
I had a clear night AND I wasn't away on company travel for the New Moon weekend so I visited NGC 253. Then I remembered I still hadn't finished my Southern Gems list (between Decl -35 and -45deg). So I tracked down NGC 55 (nice!) 7.8 mag and quite large I need to introduce looking at this to my northern astro friends. There are 3, mag 7 stars that "point" right to this one that are very near Ankaa (alp Pho) making it very easy to find. I'll be back - to this one.
NGC 300 was in the same neighborhood and just a squeak more difficult at mag 8.1 (remember guys this is just 20 deg above my horizon at the meridian)
Looking forward to working the Gems in the Winter Milky Way (mostly opens but I like opens)
Clear skies,
Ed K
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