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Old 02-12-2008, 09:16 AM
Smirnoff
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Originally Posted by jungle11 View Post
30' SE of Alnitak, I made out a quite bright nebula but am unsure of what it is. Stellarium doesn't show anything there even with the nebula labelling on it's highest setting.(It proberly would if i knew the name to search.
That would've been NGC 2023, a small reflection nebula surrounding a mag 8 star.
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