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Old 11-03-2008, 09:52 AM
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Bert that's great and very topical. It's marked on the Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas as the "Dark Doodad".

http://www.austskyandtel.com.au/Pocket_Sky_Atlas.htm

So I thought I'd have a search for it under dark skies at Snake Valley last weekend. And there it was! Not as distinctive as in your excellent photo, but a binocular object.

Nicely framed image, Bert. I love the way it starts beside globular cluster NGC 4372 and tracks up into the main Musca stars.
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