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Andromedia! But bad neck :(

garethmob

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garethmob

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Well tonight was amazing. Wanted to take some pics to experiment settings with so i set my camera up went out side n took my binos. Obv no longer had tripod as it had my camera on top. But I was mildly hopping between cassy n andromidia n I saw it!!! Faint smudge in the sky!!! But my neck hurts now cos of the angle :) My pics didn't come out great but at least I found my first galaxy!!

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Neilius

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Congratulations! Andromeda has been avoiding me for quite a number of years now, even though I know where to look for it!lol!

I would wager that all of us get neck and backahe from time to time. I've got backache now...

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Congratulations! Andromeda has been avoiding me for quite a number of years now, even though I know where to look for it!lol!

Took my overdue videos back, walked there and back in the dark.. got home and looked up - the cloud had gone and wow my night vision was really good.

Popped indoors and got the lil'vixen , plonked it down and started looking around without the scope - Orion nebula clear as a bell. Through the scope was amazing as I could easily see the gas nebula against the dark background at full magnification (6mm).

I could see plaidaes and thought I'd start searching for andromeda. Looking around I kept catching two faint smudges without the scope but they'd disappear looking at them. I could see M33 through the scope .. small and dim but it was there.. I also kept seeing the smudge of M31 and tried to get the scope on it but the clouds rolled in :)

So now I know where to look, what it looks like - I just need another break in the cloud.

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Altair

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It took me ages to find it... then when i found it in binoculars i was so chuffed I lined up the SCT scope but i couldnt get it in view! I have tried so many times grovelling on the floor sore back and knees ! I have given up for now ..even comtemplating buying an angled viewfinder...

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michael.h.f.wilkinson

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The simplest way to find M31 is to first locate the square of Pegasus. The corner nearest to Cassiopeia belongs to Andromeda, the "backbone" of which is a gentle curve of three more-or-less equally bright stars stretching towards Perseus. Take the middle of these three (beta And), and move approximately northwards (but at right angles to the curve) to spot a fainter star. Move in the same direction by about the same amount to find two stars of about the same magnitude and just a bit further north is M31.

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ollypenrice

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The simplest way to find M31 is to first locate the square of Pegasus. The corner nearest to Cassiopeia belongs to Andromeda, the "backbone" of which is a gentle curve of three more-or-less equally bright stars stretching towards Perseus. Take the middle of these three (beta And), and move approximately northwards (but at right angles to the curve) to spot a fainter star. Move in the same direction by about the same amount to find two stars of about the same magnitude and just a bit further north is M31.

Agreed, that is always my route. It really is naked eye, even with my eyes, at a dark site. I see it as a star-like, but elongated, little streak.

Mag as low as possible because it is enormous.

Olly

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Neilius

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I found it last night for the first time too! And you guys are right, it is an indistinct grey smudge. I also noticed another 'grey smudge' not far from Andromeda - to the right of it.

It never rains but it pours - and all through 20 x 50 upclose celestron bins!

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michael.h.f.wilkinson

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I found it last night for the first time too! And you guys are right, it is an indistinct grey smudge. I also noticed another 'grey smudge' not far from Andromeda - to the right of it.

It never rains but it pours - and all through 20 x 50 upclose celestron bins!

If it was close to M31, it may have been M32 or M110, two satellites of M31.

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