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Bill Weir
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Reged: 06/01/04
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Loc: Metchosin (Victoria), Canada
Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius
      07/30/08 03:07 AM

Except for the globular clusters and of course galaxies, the majority of of what the average observer observes is actually not very far from us, within our galaxy. This freeware is very useful in giving a perspective of where in our galaxy, and beyond are the common objects we observe.
http://www.thinkastronomy.com/M13/

Bill

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6'' Orion SkyQuest
12.5'' f/5 Custom Truss Dob
William Optics 80mm ZenithStar II ED Doublet
f/5 25" newtonian on a giant GEM, any time I want

Observing sessions grand total for 2007, 171.
So far in 2008, 115

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* The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius FirstSight 07/28/08 10:57 AM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius bicparker   07/28/08 11:58 AM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius astrokido   07/28/08 01:31 PM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius tatarjj   07/28/08 01:58 PM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius FirstSight   07/28/08 05:34 PM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius Tony Flanders   07/29/08 08:35 AM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius FirstSight   07/29/08 08:56 AM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius DeepSpaceTour   08/03/08 06:05 PM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius HfxObserver   07/29/08 10:01 PM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius Starman1   07/29/08 10:32 PM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius Bill Weir   07/30/08 03:07 AM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius bicparker   07/30/08 05:47 AM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius tatarjj   07/30/08 09:17 AM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius Tony Flanders   07/30/08 09:35 AM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius tatarjj   07/30/08 01:02 PM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius tatarjj   07/30/08 01:14 PM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius moron392   07/28/08 03:38 PM
. * Re: The vast "empty quarter" east of Sagittarius Tony Flanders   07/28/08 11:28 AM

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