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Old September 5th 04, 03:27 AM
Jan Owen
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There is no eyepiece for your scope that will let you see all of M31.

It
is WAY too large. Don't blame your eyepiece, or the scope. M31 is

HUGE!
It will fill the field of a pair of BINOCULARS!

Right now, you need just to use the eyepieces you have on the objects

you
want to see, and determine where the shortcomings are. THEN you can
decide what eyepieces you need next. But one eyepiece you aren't

going to
find, is one that will show you all of M31 in your scope... But a

32mm
Plossl will still be pretty awesome...
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Then what was I seeing, M33 (Pinwheel Gal.)?? If M31 is so big how come
I can't find it with 10" dob?
-Tom


You can FIND it easily enough, and it will be plenty bright enough, but it
is WAY too large to fit into one eyepiece field. Even with a 32mm
Plossl...