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Originally Posted by AstroGuy
So, anybody have any recommendations as to what filters (if any) would be good for Galaxies? I've not had much success in viewing a fully blown galaxy yet on my Celestron 4se. I have however seen them as small visual imprints in my eyepiece, but hopefully when I get my Saxon 8" Mak up and running....  |
The more aperture you have the more you will see, but you're not going to see some ultra bright, grand spiral structure in any of the galaxies you look at, like you see in books. Especially with an 8" scope...to see
any colour at all in most galaxies, you'll need a
big scope, emphasis on the big. Even then, it depends on your own eyes and perception of what you're seeing.
An 8" will show some spiral structure in the brighter galaxies like M31, M33, M100, M51 etc, but don't expect to see much with many of the galaxies except faint smudges.