are there any galaxies that can be seen at night using binoculars of a small telescope?

Question

Can any been seen in the night sky in the UK?? if so, where in the shy should i look?

Answer 1

The Andromeda galaxy is easy to see with the naked eye this time of year. If you can find the North Star and the Plough, then look approximately that same distance on the other side of the North Star from the Plough and you will see a flattened "W" constellation called Cassiopiea. Then go another equal distance beyond the "W" away from the North Star, and you should see a hazy patch of light that can just barely be seen with the naked eye. This is the Andromeda Galaxy and it is larger than our own Milky Way Galaxy. Furthermore, we are being sucked toward the Andromeda Galaxy at a speed of around 600,000m/second by its greater gravity. In another several billion years, our two galaxies will collide and merge into one big super galaxy. See if you can see it get larger and larger as we get closer and closer and closer.......

Answer 2

Yes, absolutely. The Andromeda Galaxy, also called M31 can easily be seen in most binoculars. It's between the constellation Andromeda and Cassiopeia. Nearby in the constellation Triangulum, you can find another galaxy called M33. M33 takes up an area of the sky larger than a full moon but it's very dim. You'll see a scatter of stars in a vague spiral pattern with a bit of clustering towards the center if the sky is exceptionally dark. You may also be able to see a galaxy called M81 near Ursa Major (the Big Dipper). All of these are visible from the UK this time of year. You will need a star chart that shows deep space or Messier objects to find them.

Answer 3

Did you are attempting it on a ordinary, uncomplicated to discover merchandise first? sometimes what i will do with my CPC1100 is after the alignment, bypass to a ordinary bright huge call or planet, just to substantiate that the scope is working appropriate. the different undertaking is that Andromeda is a huge merchandise, some 5 lunar diameters for the period of. that's extremely a danger which you have been looking perfect at it and did no longer are responsive to it. The middle will take place as a fuzz ball interior the main eyepiece. Nudge the scope around slightly to be sure if the middle shows up (ought to been merely out of view). additionally try looking in the process the finder, so as that the outdoors brightness of the galaxy shows up extra effective. Then the prevalent stuff; like make beneficial your eye are totally dark tailored, the scope is aligned and pointed interior the applicable direction. Make a finder chart of the region which you're looking in, that replicates your scopes field of view and proscribing value. And take it sluggish, the Universe will wait. With a small scope, stuff is going to seem dimmer and much less specified than with an even bigger aperture scope.

Answer 4

Yes, the Andromeda Galaxy is a good one....if you know your constellations, look for the "great sqare" of Pegasus and note the upper left corner of it---there are 2 extensions of two stars each that branch from there---the lower two are fairly bright, the upper two are comparatively faint---both extensions are "elbow shaped". Just nearby the left hand star in the fainter extension you should see a hazy patch if your skies are dark enough...that's the Andromeda galaxy.
That's probably the best you can see a galaxy with binoculars.

Answer 5

Go out on a clear, moonless night far away from light pollution (cities, towns etc) and as high as you can get and look up into the sky. If you're lucky you'll see a band of stars stretching across the sky. They'll look cloudy...almost milky, because, that's the Milky Way, our own galaxy. Cool or what?

Answer 6

You can see the Milky Way as well as the Andromeda Galaxies with the unaided eye. Most of the stars you see at night are from other galaxies.

Answer 7

Without binoculars/telescope you can see our own galaxy the milky way! just look up!

Answer 8

Hi. Yes, several if the sky is dark. Andromeda has a beautiful one called M31. Triangulum has M33. Look up ' Messier objects '.

Answer 9

if you are in the northern hemisphere and now what the great bear/ big dipper looks like there is a little blur in the rectangle- this is a galaxy that can be seen with the naked eye.
There is also one in the lower half (northern hemisphere) in the Orion constellation.

Answer 10

Many stars are galaxies, so in this sense yes.