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Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area
      06/27/09 11:50 AM

The Ring is very small; it's obvious once you've seen it but the trick is to know what you're looking for. Use good charts to get to the right spot and use an eyepiece that gives you a fairly wide field of view, and look for a fuzzy star. Keep after it and you'll get it eventually.

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Mike
Zhumell 12", Oberwerk 15x70s
107 Messiers, 247 total DSOs, 6 planets, 1 comet

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* Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Javier 05/26/09 11:49 AM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Achernar   07/01/09 10:53 AM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Ptarmigan   05/26/09 03:23 PM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Javier   05/26/09 06:10 PM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Javier   06/27/09 11:29 AM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area NerfMonkey   06/27/09 11:50 AM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Javier   06/27/09 02:34 PM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Alpha Orionis   06/27/09 05:21 PM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Javier   06/28/09 07:04 AM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area kroum   06/30/09 03:37 AM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Ptarmigan   07/01/09 12:15 PM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Javier   07/06/09 06:10 AM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area JayinUT   07/06/09 09:55 AM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Javier   07/06/09 09:03 PM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Carol L   07/07/09 03:01 AM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area TheCaptain   06/30/09 04:27 PM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area TenthEnemy   05/26/09 01:55 PM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area clearnights_365   05/26/09 01:50 PM
. * Re: Deep Sky Objects for light polluted area Dave MitskyModerator   05/26/09 02:07 PM

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