Astro Nut » Andromeda http://www.astro-nut.net One Man's Adventure In To Space Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:09:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Andromeda Naked Eye http://www.astro-nut.net/2009/07/15/andromeda-naked-eye/ http://www.astro-nut.net/2009/07/15/andromeda-naked-eye/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:46:07 +0000 Russ http://www.astro-nut.net/?p=234 Andromeda Naked Eye
The The Andromeda Galaxy is one of my favorite objects in the night sky
it is also the most distant object you can see with your naked eyes, two million light years away.
M 31 the Andromeda Galaxy is very east to find once you know the landmarks.

To use Cassiopeia
Look for the W shape of Cassiopeia. With the two V shapes that make up the W, use the V shape on the right. Imagine the V as an arrow, pointing into the constellation Andromeda. The arrow of Cassiopeia does not point precisely to Andromeda: You will have to look a bit to the right to find the galaxy M31.

From Pegasus
Start by first findinf Alpheratz. Next calculate two bright stars to the left, and after that two fainter stars upwards. Andromeda Galaxy, M31, is right above the second fainter star
See the The full size picture for the charts

M31 chart
The full size picture

]]> http://www.astro-nut.net/2009/07/15/andromeda-naked-eye/feed/ 0 M31 The Andromeda Galaxy http://www.astro-nut.net/2006/07/07/star-log-7-july-06/ http://www.astro-nut.net/2006/07/07/star-log-7-july-06/#comments Fri, 07 Jul 2006 07:45:28 +0000 Russ http://astro-nut.net/archives/36 M31 1
click on thumb for a big picture
Star Log 7 July 06
Once again the weather cleared up, it was a spectacular morning.
M31 the Andromeda galaxy is one of my favorite targets.
Easily found with binoculars from light polluted backyards
and is naked eye visible from a dark site
Object: NGC 224 – M31 – Andromeda Galaxy
Deepsky Catalog: NGC 2000
Date Observed: 7/7/2006 3:41:31 AM
Time Observed: 03:00UT
Object Type: Gx
Constellation: And
Magnitude: 3.5
Size: 178
Locate Method: Star Hopping
Object Rating: A
Primary Equipment Used: 10″ Dob
Power/Magnification Used: 15mm 84 pwr

]]> http://www.astro-nut.net/2006/07/07/star-log-7-july-06/feed/ 1