Type | Bright Nebula |
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Magnitude | 8.2 |
Size | 40' |
Right Ascension | 5h 38' 42.5" (2000) |
Declination | 68° 53' 57" S |
Constellation | Dorado |
Description | !!! vB, vL, looped |
Classification | E |
Andrew Cooper
Nov 2, 2008 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
12x36 Canon Image Stabilized Binoculars @ 12x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Bright, large, conspicuous even very low on the horizon and in a fair amount of extinction, no detail visible, just 1° above the slope of Mauna Loa
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