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Old 02-04-2009, 01:17 AM
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A loan 'scope winner

Hi Barx,

Congrats on the night and the report. Good to see you put that 'scope to good use and tracked down some very nice objects for that aperture. NGC 3521 is a particularly nice elongated spiral galaxy that was quite unlucky to be overlooked by Messier his collaborators and other observers in the 18th century. That is before Herschel came along and started his great survery work on the basis (not a direct quote) that there "might still be a few nebulae to be found ..."

Also congrats to the ASV for continuing this loan-scope scheme -- which gives a lot of people the opportunity to get their feet wet at minimal expense before they take the plunge.

Kudos to the men and women of the ASV

Best,

Les D
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