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Old 09-03-2009, 11:14 AM
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kinetic (Steve)
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NGC 3717 and IC 2913

Hi,

this result is pretty noisy considering that
I normally use about 200 in a stack. This was only 38
useable frames. Gully breezes the last few nights have spoiled
an otherwise good few nights.

I have imaged this field for two successive nights.
At first I thought IC 2913 was maybe a comet!
My Cartes Du Ciel only has the NGC cataloge and Tycho 2 stars
loaded, so the second night (and some homework that should
have been done on the first night!), proved it was just
a faint mag 14 IC 2913
A comparison image of IC 2913 is also attached courtesy SkyFactory.org

NGC 3717 is listed as mag 12.6 in Burnhams.

Steve
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