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Old 17-12-2009, 12:09 AM
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Bright the hawk's flight

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Ah! NGC 3532 The Pincushion Cluster. Been looking at it tonight. Many bright stars almost seem evenly spaced, just lovely. Try and tear yourself away from Eta Car for a few seconds to check out "one of the heavens true stellar spectacles" to quote O'Meara.
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