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Just back in from viewing this. It is very, very cool! Even a pair of 10x50 binoculars will do a great job for this object.
For the astronomers in the crowd....
Clear night, very little breeze, almost no haze to speak of.
Viewed with 20x80 binoculars on a 3 axis mount.
Very large and obvious, with 3 stages of brightness. The "core" is very defined and at times a pinpoint source was seen. This inner core gives suddenly away to the second stage, which by itself would be impressive. The outer halo is also notable, not being unlike a bright star viewed when the sky is hazy/damp. As in the first/second stage, the second/third stage also exhibits a sudden jump. General shape is very close to round with a slight flattening on the southeast quadrant. A very remarkable object.
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Last edited by Push-Pull; 10-30-2007 at 06:26 PM..
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