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Old 07-12-2005, 05:27 PM
dhumpie
Planetary neb & glob nut

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Join Date: Apr 2005
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Looks like I will the first in again. This one is a very nice barren spiral that has a rather bright core and faint spiral arms. My C6 shows hints of the spiral arms as seen in the sketch. In my smaller scopes (Orion 80ST and 102mm f/5), it is but a featureless blob with a condensed core. Quite easy to find and can serve as a jumping off point for the Fornax cluster of at least 8-9 galaxies in small scopes. The best views I have had of this is through Andrew's (astro_south's) 12.5" where the galaxy looks like one of those japanese ninja weapons (I think they are called shurikens). Here is my sketch:

http://www.geocities.com/dhumpie/dastro/1365.jpg

Darren
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