What am I doing wrong? Can't find M31 & M51Posted By Lorne Johnson |
Okay. M31 with the 9.25 at about f 10 and 24 mm eyepiece, you are at about 95x. True field of maybe .6 degrees, or 1.o degree with an Ethos. The Great Galaxy is a good 2 degrees across, and should look better in the finder scope. You could be looking right through it.
I started out using an f15 5 inch refractor and got about .6 degrees true field maximum. I could find M31 pretty easily. The Whirlpool certainly showed up. But, everything was hard to find with .6 degrees. You have to be right on the object(and know that you're on the object.
I started out using an f15 5 inch refractor and got about .6 degrees true field maximum. I could find M31 pretty easily. The Whirlpool certainly showed up. But, everything was hard to find with .6 degrees. You have to be right on the object(and know that you're on the object.