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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 06:03 AM
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After 5 AM this morning low in the eastern sky. Both were visible in the same field of view of my telescope with a low power eyepiece. It was spectacular!
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by The Raptor,Feb 1 2008, 09:03 AM
After 5 AM this morning low in the eastern sky. Both were visible in the same field of view of my telescope with a low power eyepiece. It was spectacular!
i wouldn't have been able to see anything but clouds and snow
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I think he was actually looking at uranus .....












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The thread is useless without pics.
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Originally Posted by tokyo_james,Feb 4 2008, 01:22 AM
I think he was actually looking at uranus .....












And its moons.
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