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Paul_R
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Re: Near M31
07/31/06 09:40 AM
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I'm with you on this one Darrell... Jason, were you observing under relatively dark or transparent skies? M110 is usually pretty ghostly, but it does look like your sketch (nice drawing by the way!). It suggests to me that your scope has a good smoothly figured mirror! Congrats!
I'll bet you've simply overlooked M32... it's a bright star (well round with a tad of fuzz) tucked right near M31.
Tom, if you are new to the hobby and were *close* to M31... that is, right by it, say only an eyepiece fov away, if that, then it was likely M110 (if faint and elongated), but more likely it was M32, star like with some fuzzy.
NGC 287 is 6 degrees away... not next to M31! 6 degrees is many, many eyepiece fovs, and you'd most likely need to be an experienced observer to catch it easily. So, I've probably cleared up the RV and 287 confusion, but the object you saw is likely one of M31's closest companions.
Look again another night and report back to us if it's right beside M31 or not.
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