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M102

Started by eyork, 09/22/2004 02:06AM
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Ed York
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As I close in on the end of the Messier list, I have 101 down, 8 to go. Hey wait that's only 109.

Can someone tell me what happened to 102?

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Posted 09/22/2004 03:43AM #1
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Ed,

M102 is, according M. Messier himself, a duplicate observation of M101.

Since people like a "mystery" it has been proposed that it is NGC 5866 in Draco. So there are 109, unless you are working on your AL observing certificate, then there are 110.

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