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Old 08-09-2013, 10:49 AM
JJDOBBER79 (Jas)
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Andromeda!!!!

I finally found it and now I feel stupid for not finding it earlier given how easy it is. It was from a semi dark site so I think I probably saw a watered down version of it. It appeared to be about twice the size of centaurus A. I have read that it should appear to have an "edge on" look but I just saw a large round fuzzy grey blob. Maybe just the core, probably not dark enough to see the rest. Still cant find that saturn nebula??? Maybe I will try another star map, I have been using the one on eyes on the sky's. Must have been really good seeing this morning about 3am coz I saw orion neb and it was HUGE!!!! I have seen this plenty of times but never like this. Also tarantula was bigger and more detailed than normal but not as big as orion. I could see the bands on jupiter easier than ever as well. A good morning, makes me wish I had a AP setup. Its pretty cool seeing andromeda and thinking "this is the furthest object in the sky that the human eye can see. AWESOME!!!! Not many people can say theyve done that. Hey, I thought to myself "I wonder if anyone is standing on a planet in andromeda with a telescope looking at the milky way and wondering what is in it:qu estion:
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