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Old 21-11-2009, 06:20 AM
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I think that the main problem with the Caldwell catalogue is that it renumbers objects that already have numbers. I don't want to learn new names for objects that already have names. If someone finds an object they have a right to name it, but not if they make up a list. Also some of the Caldwell objects are pretty faint. (e.g. NGC 3195)
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