Thread: xrekcor's Visual Challange: How many stars do you see in the Helix neb
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Old 05-10-2005, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by dhumpie
I can see the helix from my mag 5.5 balcony in suburbia with the UHC filter. But detecting the faint stars might a bit much Have to try from a dark sky site...

Darren
Hi darren,
you might actually have beter results with this whithout the filter. the filter will probably just blott the stars (which you are trying to see) out...

I am kinda guessing tho.
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