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Phillip Creed
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Re: Favorite Challenge Objects for dark skies
07/20/08 11:05 AM
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Josh,
If you wait long enough into the night, a really good challenge is galaxy IC-1613 in Cetus. It's one of the Caldwell Objects and it's total integrated brightness is around 9th-magnitude, but it has *abysmally*-low surface brightness. I've seen it from a Bortle Class 2 sky in West Virginia and, while visible, it's difficult regardless of instrument.
Clear Skies,
Phil
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