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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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Jan Owen

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...

This is confusing. This is my punishment for not getting a go-to scope.
I found a distant galaxy, but heck if I know what it is. Pinwheel Gal.
perhaps. Neat discovery.
-Tom



Congrats on that, I've yet to see a galaxy, but the Orion Nebula was pretty
impressive last winter.
Saturn was absolutly awesome last winter, better than Jupiter, even though
it's smaller and farther away. I like my 25MM better than my 10mm for most
planet viewing, you may consider getting one close to that later as well.
Enjoy!