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["AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>]

Tom, guess I forgot about George Robinson finding M77.  It turns out he is 
not the one I had in mind in the first response.

In all honesty, I too wondered about Dr. Aguirre's viewing M77, but there 
didn't seem to be any compelling evidence to reject the observation.  Turns 
out there have been other suspected observations in the past that were 
suspected only to find out, after the passage of some time, that it 
certainly was possible.  I'd also consider there being some luck, in 
addition to skill, for finding something in below average observing 
conditions.

AJ Crayon
Phoenix, AZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:19 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: R: 2008 All Arizona Messier Marathon - results


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But I'm still not convinced that he did not see it.  As you say, we really 
need to know the time of the observation to learn the optimal altitude/time 
after sunset.  I noticed that one other person on the list (George Robinson) 
did see M77.  He saw 108 objects, and missed only M33 and M74.

Tom

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