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I've never seen it either and would love to. From what latitude can it be seen sufficient enough to be clear of the gunky atmosphere off the horizon and still be clearly resolved,in the northern hemisphere? Anybody tried this while heading south into Mexico from the U.S.? I've never seen the star Canopus either,but believe that can be had low on the horizon around Christmas time from Southern Arizona and New Mexico. Is this so?

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I beheld Alpha Centauri A and B for the first time at the 1995 Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys. A number of years later I tracked down Proxima Centauri while observing in Bolivia.

Dave Mitsky

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