Re: Iceland APOD
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 3:53 pm
BMAONE23 wrote:The Pleiades lies in the image on the left side inside the auroral circle and just above the left side of the lower acr portion. Look in the high res image where the green color turns to red and you will notice a tight grouping of blue stars.JLewis98856 wrote:I am fairly new to astronomy. I have some binoculars and a small refracting telescope (National Geographic model).
Can anyone give me a hint on today's APOD? Where are the Pleiades and where is the Andromeda Galaxy (roughly)?
Andromeda is located in the middle of the image just above the lower portion of the auroral arc.
^^^Excellence at work!!!!!rstevenson wrote:And in pic form...JLewis98856 wrote:Can anyone give me a hint on today's APOD? Where are the Pleiades and where is the Andromeda Galaxy (roughly)?
Rob
(in a quick read-over, I had thought the poster, JLewis98856, wanted to be able to actually go out and find the Pleiades in the sky!
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