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<FONT face=Arial> <BR></FONT><EM><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>All,</STRONG></FONT></EM><BR>
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<STRONG><EM><FONT face=Arial>Re: July observers challenge object; M-2 Globular Cluster In Aquarius</FONT></EM></STRONG><BR>
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<FONT face=Arial><EM><STRONG>Found a most interesting photo of M-2. This is the first image that I have seen that shows the curving dark lane that was mentioned by John Mallas, "</STRONG>The Messier Album"<STRONG> using a 4-inch Unitron refractor. This </STRONG></EM></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Arial><EM><STRONG>The following link presents an image from a 20-inch Ritchey-Chretien Cassegrain telescope. </STRONG></EM></FONT><BR>
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<EM><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Also on the site, a d</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>escription from: </STRONG><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>"</STRONG>The Deep-Sky Field Guide To Uranmetria 2000<STRONG>"</STRONG></FONT><STRONG>, Willmann-Bell, Inc. </STRONG></FONT></EM><FONT face=Arial><EM><STRONG>Visual observers may be able to detect a curving dark lane in the NE sector. </STRONG></EM></FONT><BR>
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<EM><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>The visual discription is only the second after the "</STRONG>Messier Album<STRONG>". </STRONG></FONT></EM><BR>
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<FONT face=Arial><EM><STRONG>I have also attached a sketch of the Mallas sketch. </STRONG></EM></FONT><BR>
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<FONT face=Arial><EM><STRONG>Pretty amazing. </STRONG></EM></FONT><BR>
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<STRONG><EM><FONT face=Arial>Roger</FONT></EM> </STRONG><BR>
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<EM><FONT face=Arial><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT></EM> <BR><A href="http://www.kopernik.org/images/archive/m2.htm">www.kopernik.org/images/archive/m2.htm</A><BR> <BR> <BR>
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<BR><FONT face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial> <BR><BR> <BR></FONT><EM><FONT face=Arial><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT>The moon and stars to govern the night; his love endures forever. Psalm 136:9</EM><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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