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Originally Posted by erick
Great Rob. That's now my finder chart. I've had this one on my list for a year now - I have to see it at least once! Mind boggling to think that the photons that will (hopefully) enter my eye have come such a tremendous distance. Furtherest object that can be seen with an amateur scope?
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Thanks Eric. There are a few other quasars you should be able to see through your scope, at even greater distances. PKS 2155-304 in Piscis Austrinus for example (early morning target ATM).
http://www.seds.org/~spider/spider/Misc/qso.html
Re using my image as a 'finder', that's OK but be aware that there is a faint star at mag 13.5 only 52" from 3C 273. The transparency wasn't great for the shot because of smoke in the air - the star does show very faintly, but is obscured a bit by the top line of the cross-hair in the enlarged, circular crop.
Cheers -