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Just as follow up, went out into the back alley for the first time (as opposed to the front yard) tonight and looked into the limited south. Unfortunately there is a street light right at my back door. I must get a screen of some sort for my dob.
I found Eta Carina in the scope (I am sure it was Eta Carina due to the split down the middle) and found numerous open clusters (yeah). It was fantastic and very different from lookin north. Using binoculars as a guide helps enormously.
It is amazing how what I think will be nebulous turn out to be clusters.
I am going to Crago Observatory in NSW tomorrow to sort out the Argo hopefully with a little help.
Thanks all.
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