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Old 15-08-2009, 04:18 PM
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Pure conjecture here, but what are the chances that the thin cloud was infact high level cloud and that extra light from M57 was refracted thru ice crystals into the telescope?
Kinda like the ring you sometimes see around the moon when thin cloud moves through?
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