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Originally Posted by CometGuy
Hi Timo,
Interesting, I've wondered about observations of the bridge myself and I had a feeling that John Bortle had seen it. The lack of photographic observations is also interesting, maybe this could be a good project for somebody with a very dark sky.
Terry
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Hi Terry,
Remember me in Roxby Downs exactly (!) 8 years ago? Well, I asked John Bortle today and he suggested me to ask talented southern astrophotographers to confirm the existence of the bridge. A good friend of mine, Christian Sasse in Canada, happens to be the co-owner of the Global Rent-a-scope system (GRAS) with high quality robotic telescopes in both New Mexico and South Australia. I could ask him to produce a gigantic deep CCD mosaic of the area between the galaxies. This will take some telescope time but it is certainly worth it if we get positive results.
/Timo Karhula