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minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoBarely, and It’s one of the largest known galaxies in existence.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoWhat do you mean barely? It is brighter than the Orion nebula and that one is pretty easy to see.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoAndromeda has an apparent magnitude of 3.4 while the Orion nebula has an apparent magnitude of 4…
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoLol, that scale is inverse. Venus is is -4
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoRight… I didn’t type out my main point, oops. I was going to add neither are considered easy to see.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoAnd even harder to see from a city, right? From outside it is not.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoI can see like Venus, Jupiter, and maybe 12 stars in my city.
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 days agoNo wonder you consider the Orion nebula and Andromeda hard to see, those are the worst possible conditions.
minus-squareskribe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoJust like THAC0. Was Gary Gygax an astronomer?
Barely, and It’s one of the largest known galaxies in existence.
What do you mean barely? It is brighter than the Orion nebula and that one is pretty easy to see.
Andromeda has an apparent magnitude of 3.4 while the Orion nebula has an apparent magnitude of 4…
Lol, that scale is inverse. Venus is is -4
Right… I didn’t type out my main point, oops. I was going to add neither are considered easy to see.
And even harder to see from a city, right? From outside it is not.
I can see like Venus, Jupiter, and maybe 12 stars in my city.
Get out
whilewhenever you can.No wonder you consider the Orion nebula and Andromeda hard to see, those are the worst possible conditions.
Just like THAC0. Was Gary Gygax an astronomer?