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A clear night last night with no cloud on the northern horizon gave me my best chance so far this year to track down and catch a glimpse of Andromeda.
It was an easy find this year compared to earlier years. All I could see was a broad hazy patch with obvious brightening towards the centre. There was no sign of structure nor any evidence of m31 or m110.
I am not chasing Andromeda for the views, rather the challenge of being able to see it from Hobart. It is a matter of patience waiting for the right conditions given Andromeda is so low on the northern horizon. I live well south of Hobart so I have to look through the Hobart light pollution. On the plus side I have a virtually unrestricted northerly horizon down to about 2 degrees elevation with these low hills blocking the majority of the direct line of sight lights of Hobart.
Observation with 140mm refractor at 67X and 2.1mm exit pupil.
Cheers
Steve
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