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Originally Posted by Gem
Hi all,
I was going through a number of objects with the 16" dob last night when I came across GC NGC 5946 (in Norma). It appeared like a small - mid size smudge with a bright outlier. Yet, on a photo of it from the Deep Sky Survey - there is no clear bright outlier. The brightness of the outlier caused the object to almost seem like it had a dark lane in it (optical affect of the brighter outlier). I checked the Star Atlas for any galaxies I might have accidently observerd - but there is no other objects nearby.
Any secondary observations/impressions would be appreciated!!  |
Hi Grant there is a bright outllier, which does give the GC an impression of a dark lane.
See image here
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~arecasc/i...gc5946_225.jpg
DSS images are not the best images for comparing what you see through the eyepiece
Normally you can get better images that approximate what you see by just googling the object number.
Cheers
