small telescope
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 5:15 pm
hi Lads,
Quick question. I have a limited view from where I am from about East to South roughly. I have been looking at a few Messier objects and they are faint at best. Saw M5 and M13 and they were faint and very vague (looked like a bit of cotton wool for all the world.)
I am using a 4" refractor in the city! Are all the Messier objects going to be this faint or is it a case of bad lighting and two bad examples? Are there other M objects that are better to see that I am just missing? I have seen star clustiers (M37 etc..) but tbh I am mad to see a galaxy (M31 is over the neighbours wall till winter I think!)
Have I any hope with 4" scope and bad lighting. Would it be the light pollution or the scope or both that are making them faint/vague?
Any/all suggestions welcome.
thanks,
Peter
Quick question. I have a limited view from where I am from about East to South roughly. I have been looking at a few Messier objects and they are faint at best. Saw M5 and M13 and they were faint and very vague (looked like a bit of cotton wool for all the world.)
I am using a 4" refractor in the city! Are all the Messier objects going to be this faint or is it a case of bad lighting and two bad examples? Are there other M objects that are better to see that I am just missing? I have seen star clustiers (M37 etc..) but tbh I am mad to see a galaxy (M31 is over the neighbours wall till winter I think!)
Have I any hope with 4" scope and bad lighting. Would it be the light pollution or the scope or both that are making them faint/vague?
Any/all suggestions welcome.
thanks,
Peter