Thread: IC434 HorseHead
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Old 12-10-2005, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Brad Moore
I think you need a large aperture telescope to see this visually and really dark skies it has a really low surface brightness. I'm not really a visual guy, so I'm just guessing. Maybe someone else can jump in.

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Brad
I had a look through someone's 20 inc dob with a h beta filter at the last SPSP and saw -rather imagined- a shapeless blob

on the other hand Phil Harrington has reported that he has observed the horsehead with a 10 x 20 binos so there you go!
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