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Old 04-02-2012, 06:40 AM
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Abell 35 and Abell 36

I saw the PNs Abell 35 and Abell 36 last night. Abell 35 was larger and slightly brighter than Abell 36.
Both were very faint in my 16" Dob at 86 times with a UHC filter. An OIII filter did not improve the view.
The attached 28' field images are from wikisky.org
See also http://astronomy-mall.com/Adventures...e/abellcat.htm
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