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luckily just now I aligned with deneb and vega and landed at M102 at the bottom of the eyepiece. So , I centered it and as you shown here in your image. you see the two stars between the galaxy?thats what im seeing right now and I can't see no cloud.The Moon +the white mist is killing me:((

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You can't view very many galaxies with the moon in the sky, especially in only a six inch. Wait a week or so and try again when M102 is high and you have access to a dark sky. I tried tonight with my little 4 inch refractor and did see the wide triangle of 8th and 9th magnitude stars whose hypotenuse has M102 sitting in right on the line, but the galaxy itself was not seen. Even the two 11th magnitude stars which bracket the galaxy itself were hard to see. Once the moon is out of the way, the galaxy should be considerably easier to see. Clear skies to you.

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David W. Knisely
Hyde Memorial Observatory
http://www.hydeobservatory.info

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