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Muffin Research
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Re: Need to confirm M51
      06/21/09 02:19 PM
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I never get M51 from light polluted home with an 8" SCT.

I have however seen it through a 20" dobson on a very dark site and in those circumstances spiral structure is very obvious.

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* Need to confirm M51 Javier 06/16/09 11:24 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 mnev326   06/17/09 01:13 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Javier   06/17/09 04:25 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 droid   06/17/09 06:07 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Javier   06/17/09 07:48 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Javier   06/17/09 08:31 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Hrundi   06/17/09 09:34 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Dain   06/18/09 12:23 AM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Hrundi   06/18/09 09:19 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 TheRock   06/18/09 10:28 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Javier   06/19/09 06:01 AM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 SPACEMAN D   06/21/09 05:51 AM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Javier   06/21/09 07:02 AM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Avatar   06/21/09 02:04 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 ensign   06/23/09 12:04 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Avatar   06/29/09 11:38 AM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Muffin Research   06/21/09 02:19 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 wfj   06/21/09 03:05 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Hrundi   06/21/09 02:17 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Avatar   06/22/09 02:10 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Hrundi   06/22/09 02:22 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Javier   06/22/09 09:11 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Avatar   06/29/09 11:37 AM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 rickertk   06/18/09 12:26 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Javier   06/17/09 04:27 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Tony Flanders   06/17/09 09:23 AM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Michael A. Earl   06/17/09 07:59 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 gdjsky01   06/16/09 11:41 PM
. * Re: Need to confirm M51 Javier   06/17/09 05:46 AM

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