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Walter Scott Houston's winter furnace in Fornax (heading towards summer down here under the southern skies), Guillermo (Guy) Yanez
Walter Scott Houston's winter furnace in Fornax (heading towards summer down here under the southern skies)
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Walter Scott Houston's winter furnace in Fornax (heading towards summer down here under the southern skies)

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Walter Scott Houston's winter furnace in Fornax (heading towards summer down here under the southern skies), Guillermo (Guy) Yanez
Walter Scott Houston's winter furnace in Fornax (heading towards summer down here under the southern skies)
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Walter Scott Houston's winter furnace in Fornax (heading towards summer down here under the southern skies)

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Walter Scott Houston once mentioned in a Sky and Telescope monthly issue and later on his book Deep-sky wonders that Fornax's galaxies are a winter furnace for northern observers. We here in the south are heading towards summer and this patch of the sky is incredibly rich in galaxies.

This is a first test for my brand new Optolong L-Pro

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