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Old 01-08-2010, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by RobF View Post
Thanks Mike. Hmmm - I do remember being too lazy to check the elevation, so the 30 degrees I recall from the night is obviously dodgey. Dec of M106 if 46deg and Wiruna lat is 33S, so you're right it was 10 degrees max. Guess that helps explain the colour a bit too
Yeh my quick mental calc was working on Wiruna being at a dec of -35 (my latitude brain is still stuck in Canberra ), still, M106 doesn't even quite make 10deg from Wiruna at culmination so as I said, a top result
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