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Old 10-27-09, 09:23 AM   #7
SteamWake
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Originally Posted by Torplexed View Post
Nice instrument there Steamwake. I imagine you can capture some faint deep sky objects like galaxies and such with that when you set up somewhere rural.

I have an 8" Celestron, but it mostly lives in storage these days.
Actually some deep sky objects are visible from my back yard Orion nebula is an easy one M31 aka andromida can be seen as a faint smudge but thats another easy one. A few clusters and such under the right conditions.

But I sure know how to bring the clouds and rain works better than washing the car !.
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