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Old 24-05-2010, 03:19 PM
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The sky is Messier here!

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Originally Posted by yusufcam View Post
have you ever noticed how bright stars like sirius when they get down towards the horizon (at least in surburbia), and start twinkling, radiate rapidly the most brilliant metallic like colours, like watching a distant fireworks display.
Yep, saw this effect clearly last year at a dark site, I think it was Canopus.
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