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Missed opportunity!!!
In 1983 I was still organising the ASV Astrophotographic section. We would meet regularly every month and "review" the slides etc taken by the members over tea and coffee. I've got to say, sitting there with Becvar's Atlas, the Variable Star Atlas, etc etc and checking each slide was see as the "boring" part of the meeting; many of the members would have been happy with a quick "Ohhh Ahhhh"
Well, on one of our slides was a definate RED image in Musca... could n't find anything on the atlases....
It was officially discovered by Liller a few days AFTER our image was taken!!!!!!
Moral of the story- NEVER throw an image away; take the time to check each and every image for "suspects".
A bit easier today with the capabilities of CdC, TheSky etc.
Never forget that loss of opportunity. ( Did get mentioned in S&T at the time)
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