To: Salamander; SunkenCiv; doorgunner69
Interesting note about Andromeda M31.
It's really big in the sky, much larger than the moon from earth.
It's a very low light image and your not seeing all of it as our unaided human eye is not capable.
The picture above shows the crescent Moon in the sky, and superposed near it is the Andromeda galaxy, the nearest big spiral to our own Milky Way. This is approximately how big the Andromeda galaxy would actually look in our sky if it were brighter or our eyes were more sensitive to extreme low light.
10 posted on
08/17/2015 12:47:10 AM PDT by
dragnet2
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To: All
From earth, we are only capable of seeing the bright central core of the galaxy.
11 posted on
08/17/2015 12:49:20 AM PDT by
dragnet2
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To: dragnet2
12 posted on
08/17/2015 1:55:05 AM PDT by
Salamander
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To: dragnet2
16 posted on
08/17/2015 5:41:10 AM PDT by
Balding_Eagle
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To: dragnet2
That image gives me hope. My cheapo Meade telescope should be able to see it, my issue is the finding stuff. Point in the right direction (I think) and I see a star ot wo, but not what I want. No idea which way to move the scope, end up all over the place.
Tried the various programs and am still a joke at it. That and I have to wait for winter here to get clear skies.
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