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Old 18-03-2010, 05:05 PM
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barx1963 (Malcolm)
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Hey Orestis
When looking for the Leo Triplet. use lowest possible power to get them all in the same FOV, and don't look for 3 galaxies, NGC 3628 is really faint even in a 12" and I couldn't catch it in an 8" last year, but didn't have dark skies.
Focus on finding the 2 Messiers then relax and let the faint one appear in peripheral vision. I had trouble last year 'cause I kept looking for 3!

Malcolm
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