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• The best time to observe the Sun is in the early morning or late afternoon when the air is cooler.

• To center the Sun without looking into the eyepiece, watch the shadow of the telescope tube until

it forms a circular shadow.

OBSERVING DEEP SKY OBJECTS

Deep-sky objects are simply those objects outside the boundaries of our solar system. They include star

clusters, planetary nebulae, diffuse nebulae, double stars and other galaxies outside our own Milky Way.

Most deep-sky objects have a large angular size. Therefore, low-to-moderate power is all you need to see

them. Visually, they are too faint to reveal any of the color seen in long exposure photographs. Instead,

they appear black and white. And, because of their low surface brightness, they should be observed from a

dark-sky location. Light pollution around large urban areas washes out most nebulae making them difﬁcult,

if not impossible, to observe. Light Pollution Reduction ﬁlters help reduce the background sky brightness,

thus increasing contrast.

Star Hopping

One convenient way to ﬁnd deep-sky objects is by star hopping. Star hopping is done by using bright stars

to “guide” you to an object. For successful star hopping, it is helpful to know the eld of view of you tele-

scope. If you’re using the standard 20mm eyepiece with the AstroMaster LT telescope, your ﬁeld of view is

approximately 1º. If you know an object is 3º away from your present location, then you just need to move 3

ﬁelds of view. If you’re using another eyepiece, then consult the section on determining ﬁeld of view. Listed

below are directions for locating two popular objects.

The Andromeda Galaxy (Figure 5-1), also known as M31, is an easy target. To ﬁnd M31:

1. Locate the constellation of

Pegasus, a large square visible

in the fall (in the eastern

sky, moving toward the point

overhead) and winter

months (overhead, moving

toward the west).

2. Start at the star in the northeast

corner—Alpha (α) Andromedae.

3. Move northeast approximately

7°. There you will ﬁnd two stars

of equal brightness—Delta (δ)

and Pi (π) Andromeda—about

3° apart.

4. Continue in the same direction

another 8°. There you will ﬁnd

two stars—Beta (β) and Mu (µ)

Andromedae— als about 3°

apart.

5. Move 3° northwest—the same

distance between the two stars—

to the Andromeda galaxy.

Figure 5-1

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