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Old 27-08-2012, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by clive milne View Post
Well... to do scientifically relevant research out to cosmologically significant distances (Z>1), you need to be able to get 24 magnitude.... this is well within the reach of amateurs today.
Just playing devil's advocate here. Though modern amateur scopes and equipment can obtain a visual magnitude of 24 can the light be analysed to a degree that yields usable data?
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