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The Southern Cat's Paw
With the run of excellent weather we are having here in Qld, I would encourage everyone to observe the "southern cats paw" - ngc 1773, ngc 1769 and ngc 1763. These are all bright nebula with an associated star cluster, located at the "far end" of the LMC, opposite to the Tarantula Nebula. Unlike the northern Cats Paw (ngc6334) in Scoprious, which is all but invisible, this group of objects is easily visible in binoculars and is even naked eye from a really dark site.
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