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Old 09-03-2011, 12:21 PM
robz (Robert)
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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
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.
I see that you have a GSTAR -EX video camera.
How do galaxies appear when using one of these special ''super astro video cams''?'
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