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minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoThe Andromeda galaxy can be seen with the naked eye. But as a fuzzy blur, though.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoBarely, and It’s one of the largest known galaxies in existence.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoWhat do you mean barely? It is brighter than the Orion nebula and that one is pretty easy to see.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoAndromeda has an apparent magnitude of 3.4 while the Orion nebula has an apparent magnitude of 4…
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoLol, that scale is inverse. Venus is is -4
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoRight… I didn’t type out my main point, oops. I was going to add neither are considered easy to see.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoAnd even harder to see from a city, right? From outside it is not.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI can see like Venus, Jupiter, and maybe 12 stars in my city.
minus-squareDigit@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoGet out while whenever you can.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoNo wonder you consider the Orion nebula and Andromeda hard to see, those are the worst possible conditions.
minus-squareskribe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoJust like THAC0. Was Gary Gygax an astronomer?
minus-squarequeerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoEvery so often, someone wishes upon Andromeda and accidentally magnifies the effect of the wish by a factor of about 10^12. It’s a hazard.
The Andromeda galaxy can be seen with the naked eye. But as a fuzzy blur, though.
Barely, and It’s one of the largest known galaxies in existence.
What do you mean barely? It is brighter than the Orion nebula and that one is pretty easy to see.
Andromeda has an apparent magnitude of 3.4 while the Orion nebula has an apparent magnitude of 4…
Lol, that scale is inverse. Venus is is -4
Right… I didn’t type out my main point, oops. I was going to add neither are considered easy to see.
And even harder to see from a city, right? From outside it is not.
I can see like Venus, Jupiter, and maybe 12 stars in my city.
Get out
whilewhenever you can.No wonder you consider the Orion nebula and Andromeda hard to see, those are the worst possible conditions.
Just like THAC0. Was Gary Gygax an astronomer?
Every so often, someone wishes upon Andromeda and accidentally magnifies the effect of the wish by a factor of about 10^12. It’s a hazard.