Re: (SNES) Why can't I see it?

[Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>]

Albireo54@aol.com wrote:
> Ernie 
> Evans emailed the FDO mailing list today to question why so many nebulous 
> objects, which supposedly are visible in much smaller scopes, have been quite 
> INVISIBLE in FDO's 16" and Hanks 20" light buckets.  

One reason is field of view.  The 16" tops out at just over half a degree.

> And our experience has been similar with other famous DSOs: the Veil Nebula, 
> the Helix planetary, and many others.

Ernie, Les and I were going nuts looking for the Rosette one night.
It took us a while to realize that we were looking right down the
middle of it, and we had to pan around to see it a piece at a time.

Ernie's a big fan of "fast" scopes which makes a lot of sense if you
like the big, diffuse nebulae.


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