Andromeda
Noticed this article on the Andromeda galaxy:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/daily-telescope-a-closer-look-at-the-most-distant-object-visible-to-the-naked-eye/
Then found a few more with searches:
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220119.html
https://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/andromeda-galaxy-closest-spiral-to-milky-way/
I never realized that Andromeda was so near Cassiopeia (or as my Grandmother would have said: Cassiopeia's chair :). For some reason I thought that Andromeda was only visible in the southern hemisphere but this was actually the greater and lesser Magellanic clouds, the small companion galaxies of the Milky Way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellanic_Clouds
Somewhere I have a right angle eyepiece for Nikon F mount lenses that will convert them into a telescope, unfortunately can't find the silly thing, I removed it from my camera case to make room for a camera and don't remember where I put it, hek. Anyway, it's kinda cold now but it might be interesting to get out the 500 mm mirror lens and see what I can see.
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/daily-telescope-a-closer-look-at-the-most-distant-object-visible-to-the-naked-eye/
Then found a few more with searches:
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220119.html
https://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/andromeda-galaxy-closest-spiral-to-milky-way/
I never realized that Andromeda was so near Cassiopeia (or as my Grandmother would have said: Cassiopeia's chair :). For some reason I thought that Andromeda was only visible in the southern hemisphere but this was actually the greater and lesser Magellanic clouds, the small companion galaxies of the Milky Way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellanic_Clouds
Somewhere I have a right angle eyepiece for Nikon F mount lenses that will convert them into a telescope, unfortunately can't find the silly thing, I removed it from my camera case to make room for a camera and don't remember where I put it, hek. Anyway, it's kinda cold now but it might be interesting to get out the 500 mm mirror lens and see what I can see.
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
