Recently putting my interest into astronomy into practice, taking a class and needing to memorize a few stars. My vantage point is not the best but I do have binoculars. I am able to find Orion just fine, even aldebaran, I can see Capella but after that I lose my bearings and find it hard to locate the elusive Andromeda. Can anyone help a beginner?
2007-03-02 12:53:58 · 3 answers · asked by nindash 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If you follow a line along Orion's belt toward the Pleades cluster, Andromeda is about as twice as far from Orion as the Pleades on that line, which is pretty far, like half the sky. Capella is WAY left of Andromeda, 2 constellations over.
2007-03-02 13:01:37 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a long trip from Orion. Try locating Cassiopia instead - and the great square of Pegasus, which is to the left of Cassiopia (Cass looks like a W on it's side). At the top right hand star of the square of Pegasus, you've got two 'legs' extending out - if you go up to the first set of two stars, and over to the right the same distance as between these stars, that's where you'll find Andromeda. Good luck star-hopping!
2007-03-02 13:24:37 · answer #2 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From Orion it's a fair old journey across the sky to Andromeda. I'd recommend the equally-recognisable Casseopeia (a bright constellation in the shape of a 'w') as a starting point instead. From there, the Andromeda galaxy isn't far.
There's a sky map in my sources, that should help you locate it.
2007-03-02 13:04:43 · answer #3 · answered by Neilos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋