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Old 15-November-2006, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by George View Post
Here is a star 9 magnitudes greater.
Your second magnitude star here has been imaged since the early days of photographic astronomy, but it IS an interesting object. The one I'm referring to did not appear on a photographic plate, or image sensor of any sort until recently.
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