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Nov 24, 2021
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Bert609
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Your peripheral vision is optimized to detect contrast, which is great for low light situations. For deep sky objects i
A scope if you look directly at it you'll miss details, or not see it at all. But use your side vision and BOOM, the nebula stands out.
It sounds weird, but it's most definitely a thing
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Next to Orion tonight is a small cloud that you see when you look out of the side of your eye
RSL
Nerfherder
11/24/21 9:52pm
One of my favorite shots of Andromeda that my dad took
Bert609
11/24/21 9:56pm
Here I was expecting a fuzzy dot. How did he take it?
777
11/24/21 10:05pm
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Grammar Police
11/24/21 10:11pm
Well done.
DomCasual
11/25/21 12:18am
Autoguided 800mm F1.9 lens for 5 minutes on a Nikon D800 @ 400ISO. I was helping him take it. He's since upgraded
Bert609
11/24/21 10:12pm
Buddy in my old ward took this one
JOPE
11/24/21 10:10pm
That one is fantastic too!
Bert609
11/24/21 10:13pm
How did he track that across the sky for six hours.
Florwood
11/24/21 10:57pm
What galaxy is that below the Andromeda galaxy?
panacablue
11/25/21 5:55am
How is that a thing, the side of your eye?
Ted Lasso
11/24/21 10:04pm
Your peripheral vision is optimized to detect contrast, which is great for low light situations. For deep sky objects i
Bert609
11/24/21 10:06pm
Yeah. In college someone had out those glow in the dark stars on my ceiling.
v1k0u6
11/24/21 10:10pm
Same for motion, as I understand. Best way to detect things like shooting stars
seacougar
11/24/21 10:40pm
Cool I didn’t know this
ByuImaginesDragons
11/25/21 11:09am
I know, right? All I saw was my sinus cavity on one side, and the inside of my
BoiseBlueCoug
11/24/21 10:09pm
It's called "averted vision" here is a link on how it works
Bert609
11/24/21 10:09pm
Most people call them cataracts.
John Doe
11/24/21 10:12pm
Receptors within the eyes called cones and rods. Cones are more central and used during the day. Rods are found around
Busting Coveys
11/24/21 10:19pm
These guys can help explain it
kirty
11/24/21 11:33pm
Isn't the Andromeda Galaxy in the Andromeda constellation?
mobius
11/24/21 10:19pm
Is it about where his head would be?
DiamondMo
11/24/21 10:41pm
I really don’t want to be pedantic, but the Andromeda galaxy, while awesome, is not very near Orion.
Sandstone Cougar
11/24/21 11:20pm
It was more of a starting point. It was in the same quadrant of sky.
RSL
11/24/21 11:51pm
I think I saw it.. if you follow orion's belt to the right and up. Cool!
Ted Lasso
11/25/21 12:23am
Cool if there’s not clouds I will try to remember
ByuImaginesDragons
11/25/21 11:08am
I love this and am fascinated by space. I want to learn more about it.
Hawk Talons
11/25/21 11:04pm
I’d like to know as well. I too am fascinated by it and feel closer to god when
ColonelMustard
11/25/21 11:18pm
Found this:
Hawk Talons
11/26/21 8:50am
I’m in Chicago and falling asleep.. wish I would have seen this earlier. Wonder
ColonelMustard
11/25/21 11:19pm
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