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Old 15-09-2007, 06:22 AM
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Steve it does look like a golf ball in 20x80s but I prefer a historical name.
People get credit when they find comets, but not when they find DSO.
Maybe we could call omega Cen Halley's best globular. 47 Tuc is Lacaille's best globular and M83 is Lacaille's (only) galaxy.
Lacaille found a galaxy with a 0.5" refractor, that deserves some credit.

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