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Not really sure what you're talking about. I've seen at least 6-7 galaxies/nebulae from my 8" Dobsonian and plan to try and find more this year. You just need
by vvanders 10y ago
Not really sure what you're talking about.
I've seen at least 6-7 galaxies/nebulae from my 8" Dobsonian and plan to try and find more this year. You just need to get out to an area with low light pollution. FWIW this is from the deck of my house(one of the benefits of living in a rural area) but totally possible to do.
There's also something surreal about seeing the milky way streaking across the sky with the naked eye. Worth it to get away from the city for that alone.
- squeaky-clean 10y agoI have an 8" SCT and can see many galaxies, nebulae and clusters with it when we go to our dark spot. You can even see the spot on Jupiter on a really good night. They don't look like the hubble photographs of the galaxies, but there's something just breath-taking about seeing it with your own eyes, in real-time. "I don't see anything, just a blurry spot" "That's it! That's the galaxy." "You sure? I think it might just be a smudge on the lense." "No, no. Try moving where you're focusing your vision, around it, instead of looking at it directly. So you're viewing it mostly with your peripheral vision." "Woah."