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tristramb | 3 months ago

It always pleases me to see pictures of NGC 4216, the edge-on spiral galaxy with a star beside its nucleus. I used to use it as a pointer to the short-period contact binary star CC Comae Berenices back when I used observe eclipsing binaries with my Celestron 8.

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GMoromisato|3 months ago

Nice! I was never much of a visual observer--I never had the patience.