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Stars in M31
Possibly a silly question;
I've never spent much time on M31, given that it rarely coincides with auspicious observing opportunities, moon phases and my latitude. The other night it was perfectly positioned so I had a go. It would only have been 10 degrees or so above the horizon at culmination, so not much to go on.
I picked out the two satellite galaxies quite easily, and the inner dust lane after some more observation, and a bit of the extended nebulosity in the arms, but then something suprised me. In averted vision it seemed to have a certain 'graininess'. Is it possible to actually make out individual stars in the Andromeda Galaxy? Or am I just going nuts?
Cheers
-Markus
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