Comments on: Messier 51 http://www.skythisweek.com/2006/04/04/messier-51/ Occasional observations of an amateur astronomer Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Vern http://www.skythisweek.com/2006/04/04/messier-51/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Vern Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:17:29 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/04/04/messier-51/#comment-155 From here under the light polluted haze from nearby metro Denver, all I can see are a couple faint blobs. At a dark sky sight with my Nexstar11, I can see parts of the bridge with averted vision -- not all of it, there still a fair gap between. The two spirals are quite apparent and its quite great fun to trace them. From here under the light polluted haze from nearby metro Denver, all I can see are a couple faint blobs.

At a dark sky sight with my Nexstar11, I can see parts of the bridge with averted vision — not all of it, there still a fair gap between. The two spirals are quite apparent and its quite great fun to trace them.

]]> By: Peter http://www.skythisweek.com/2006/04/04/messier-51/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Peter Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:28:30 +0000 http://www.raben.com/weblog/2006/04/04/messier-51/#comment-154 Hi Vern, Just put new desktop, 1024 x 768, on my new laptop. :^D In your neck of the woods, can you see the bridge between the 2 cores? It looks pretty dim between them. Thanks, peter Hi Vern,
Just put new desktop, 1024 x 768, on my new laptop. :^D
In your neck of the woods, can you see the bridge between the 2 cores? It looks pretty dim between them.

Thanks, peter

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