Spark and Perl go looking
You said it was BIG.
It is big.
It is just spread terribly thin.
I cannot see anything at all.
No.
Not from a town. We need to get further out, away from the lights.
…There!
Is that it?
That is it.
And what you have just measured is your sky, not your telescope.
Yes, but not from a town.
In autumn, high in the sky.
This one is a test of where you are standing — fail at home, succeed in the dark.
You can see this from almost anywhere — but not the very far south.
Where to find the Triangulum Galaxy (M33), and when
Where the Earth is clear, it climbs high in the sky. The darker it gets, the lower it stays. Where it is black, it never comes up. No shading at all: it does not matter where you live.
What do I need to see the Triangulum Galaxy (M33)?
Binoculars with 10× magnification show it, if you rest them on a fence or a wall.
A 150 mm telescope is what shows it properly. This picture is about 25× — which is what that telescope gives on a good night.
It is so wide that a telescope shows one piece of it at a time — binoculars hold the whole thing at once.
Space
Eyes, binoculars, or telescope?
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Go and look