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as of 05/06/2024 10:47 p.m.
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General Info
| Type | Spiral Galaxy |
| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 0h42'44.300'' |
| Declination | +41°16'6'' |
| Magnitude | 3.400 |
| Distance | 2,900,000ly |
| Size | 178 arc min |
| Catalog Designations | NGC224, M31 |
| Discovered | 964 Abd-al-Rahman Al Sufi |
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mnastro (4583)
cyc66 (2891)
Celestron Omni XLT 150
0 points
Finally saw this with the telescope... and it was actually more impressive with the binoculars. I guess this is due to it's huge size.
XX12i
50 points
M31 is in a near perfect position for my site this time of year. Enjoyed perhaps the best views I've had in my NELM 4.95 suburban skies. M32 was in the same FOV.
Austin (5562)
Orion 10'' SkyQuest dobsonian
50 points
After blinding everyone with the moon I got some helping hands and moved the telescope to the opposite side of the house, facing north east. Here I took a few minutes to find the Andromeda Galaxy. My audience was made up of some smart folk, and even though the galaxy appeared as a faint white fuzzy, the fact that it was another galaxy was not lost on them.
My first view of Andromeda this year.
Exoplanet1 (1645)
4.5in starblast
50 points
The core is easily visible with diffuse nebulosity filling the eyepiece.
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