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Mr. Bill
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Lose the list....
07/08/08 03:53 PM

Here's an idea....

Put the lists and charts and reference books away and spend an evening just sweeping the summer Milky Way.

Use your lowest power telescope/eyepiece combination or binoculars and just enjoy the views.

Next, put on a UHC filter and sweep the same areas again; you'll be amazed at the amount of nebulosity that is missed the first time around.

Hey guys, too much emphasis is put on lists and "bagging" DSOs....just take an evening without an agenda and marvel at the infinite variation in starfields, clusters, and bright and dark nebulae in the Milky Way arms.

Sometimes, being "simple minded" can lead to an epiphany.

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150mm f/8 homemade achromat....EE Barnard MW Sweeper
8 inch newt with f/5 Swayze mirror
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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Lose the list....	Mr. Bill	07/08/08 03:53 PM
Re: Lose the list....	MessierScott	07/09/08 08:30 AM
Re: Lose the list....	Thomas_N	07/09/08 06:56 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Mr. Bill	07/11/08 02:27 PM
Re: Lose the list....	PeterSurma	07/11/08 02:43 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Olivier Biot	07/13/08 07:51 AM
Re: Lose the list....	GlennLeDrew	07/22/08 10:09 PM
Re: Lose the list....	mypontiac	07/09/08 08:08 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Mr. Bill	07/09/08 06:27 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Steven Aggas	07/08/08 04:15 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Mr. Bill	07/08/08 04:28 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Steven Aggas	07/08/08 04:35 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Mr. Bill	07/08/08 04:46 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Steven Aggas	07/08/08 04:59 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Mr. Bill	07/08/08 05:07 PM
Re: Lose the list....	RRaubach	07/08/08 06:10 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Mr. Bill	07/08/08 07:48 PM
Re: Lose the list....	stevek	07/08/08 09:45 PM
Re: Lose the list....	deepsky	07/08/08 05:30 PM
Re: Lose the list....	stevecoe	07/08/08 05:41 PM
Re: Lose the list....	Paul_R	07/08/08 04:46 PM

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