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« on: March 08, 2010, 08:35:26 pm » |
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Martin, about how bright would you say the ZL was? About as bright as the Milky Way in Cygnus?
The reason I ask is that I think I saw it from home this evening - difficult to be sure because of light interference but the shape & position seemed to be right - OTOH the unless the ZL is variable in brightness (why?) then I don't understand why I haven't seen it before.
Best way to make out the shape, by eye, is to scan rapidly across the area so you get a sense of contrast - the eye does a sort of "flat subtraction" against the scene if you stare in one place, making the subtle contrast gradients harder to see.
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