24-08-2012, 12:46 PM
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Make it so! - Capt.Picard
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,982
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I was using a 9mm
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Originally Posted by andyc
What magnification (eyepiece) were you using. Not sure about the 'bearings from Neptune', but if you were looking south-southeast then as others say the best bet is 47 Tuc. With a 130mm scope from Melbourne (I have one too), NGC 362 and NGC 346 are also visible in that area (depending on light pollution for 346), but are much fainter than 47 Tuc. Not likelt to be the glow of the SMC itself, which is lost in the LP from much of Melbourne. It was most likely 47 Tuc you saw. If you find it again, it should fill about half of a low power eyepiece, and with time you'll see that it is composed of lots and lots of stars.
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