Howdy,
I am fairly new to astronomy (1 year) and a rank newbie wheen it comes to identifying anything. I was using binoculars last night and saw a nice looking set of stars, but don't know what it is. It was in the ENE, maybe about 45 to 55 degrees up (around Perseus or Camelopardalis), I should have sketched it or taken notes. It fit in the bino view and was larger than the Pleiades, but I think way smaller than any constellation (how's that for scientific). Anyway I attattched a little sketch that was NOT what i did at the time, but a rough recollection.
The defining thing for me was that the stars looked like they were literally drawing a line, way more than typical asterisms. I mean there would be no real interpretation as to where the line was being drawn if that makes sense.
Any help is appreciated. BTW, I saw M31 for the first time, Pleiades, tried for M33 with no luck. I must've been having a blast since I was sitting outside in 35 degres with a tshirt and shorts for 45 minutes . .
I am fairly new to astronomy (1 year) and a rank newbie wheen it comes to identifying anything. I was using binoculars last night and saw a nice looking set of stars, but don't know what it is. It was in the ENE, maybe about 45 to 55 degrees up (around Perseus or Camelopardalis), I should have sketched it or taken notes. It fit in the bino view and was larger than the Pleiades, but I think way smaller than any constellation (how's that for scientific). Anyway I attattched a little sketch that was NOT what i did at the time, but a rough recollection.
The defining thing for me was that the stars looked like they were literally drawing a line, way more than typical asterisms. I mean there would be no real interpretation as to where the line was being drawn if that makes sense.
Any help is appreciated. BTW, I saw M31 for the first time, Pleiades, tried for M33 with no luck. I must've been having a blast since I was sitting outside in 35 degres with a tshirt and shorts for 45 minutes . .
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