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TheGreenRaccoon07 t1_ix47cjc wrote

Reply to comment by weathercat4 in Andromeda in my backyard! by weathercat4

This is an awesome picture! What's the bortle level in your location?

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix4bjon wrote

Bortle 4 on a map but I think it's closer to bortle 5 in reality.

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TheGreenRaccoon07 t1_ix4caol wrote

It's great to hear that pictures like these can be taken in an area like that. I guess long exposure can do a lot

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weathercat4 OP t1_ix4d2ih wrote

I can see it quite easily in my 10" dob including being able to make out the dust lanes on a good night.

I've looked at in bortle 7 with small binoculars, it's still quite easy to spot but isn't as impressive as you're only able to see the bright core. Still your seeing an object 2.5 million light years away!

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TheGreenRaccoon07 t1_ix4dc0e wrote

Distances like that are absolutely incredible. And it's still nothing compared to the size of the observable universe!

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