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- Subject: Re: An Observation Question
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- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:32:47 GMT
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- How Far Can You See?
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- Under moderately light polluted skies, the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) is
- the most distant object visable to the naked-eye at a distance of about
- 2.4 million light years. If your skies are better, you may be able to see
- the galaxy M33 in Triangulum naked-eye, which is a little further. If your
- skies are superb, then maybe NGC 253, a galaxy in Sculptor (Mv 7.0) can
- be glimpsed, but not from midnorthern latitudes. It is considerably further
- away than M31 or M33.
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- G.W. Gliba - 'I would rather see atarlight than streetlights'
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