The key here is learning to ID Cassiopeia
It points almost right to it!
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The Andromeda Galaxy
^A Very Bright Star 3 Fists straight down from the (pointing Star of Cygnus) high in the South W easy to see with eyes used a Pointer/finder Star.
The Stars name is Altair in Aquila
Back up at a 45 Degree Angle to the Golden Reddish Star.
A little faint, takes a moment to see it.
The Stars name is Enif in Pegasus.
When you learn this Star,you find M15 next to it.
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< This Star hangs high in the West N of Cygnus is a Bright Star used as a Pointer/Finder Star.
The Stars name is VAGA in Lyra
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Triangulate back at a 45 Degree angle from the Two Stars
And ... 2 Fists over from the "pointer"... (Schedar)
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Cassiopeia
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Andromeda Galaxy M31
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Ok...just found theGolden Reddish Star! It's Enif in Pegasus
...Make it full screen...This is Bitchin'...
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GLOBULAR CLUSTER M15
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100 Degrees Right of South (10 Fists)
and 50-60 Degrees up .
The Star Field it's in(M15) kind of looks like a 7...
If you just move your Bino's over > from the Reddish Golden Star
it's about in the same field of view, 1 Fist
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Astronomy Weather
I had Cassiopeia 5 degrees RIGHT OF NORTH and 90 degrees up at 9 PM
At 10 PM Cassiopeia was at True NORTH
and up 90 degrees
11/1/20
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Now you know...It's N 5X90 (9 PM)
ANDROMEDA M31
Cygnus
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The Andromeda Project M31
Globular Cluster M15
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that you don't use anymore...Now, to make it easy...mark a telephone pole or tree or house top marking your NORTH & SOUTH
Knowing your N marked telephone Pole...you kind of know where S is, 45 Degree angle back through you.
Ok here we go...hold your arm out in front of you
and make a Fist ( thumb to the side) level with the Horizon,say South,
The top of your fist is 10 Degrees up from the Horizon
Bring your fist up one more fist is... 20 Degrees
Keep going and you will reach the Zenith very top of the Sky
at 100 degrees.
This up and down measurement is Declination.
Right Ascension Measurement :
Hold your arm out in front of you making a fist > only this time
turn fist so your thumb points to the ground.
Now move your fist to the right one fist...this is 10 degrees to the right of SOUTH or NORTH, EAST or WEST
So here here we go...putting it all together
I say to you "Hay! Floyd the Barber 259!"
"Hold arm & fist out due SOUTH, turn fist (thumb down)
and go to the right 20 degrees,then turn fist (thumb to the side)
and go up from there...40 degrees...there is Jupiter!"
Coool and easy it's S 30x40! (6:30PM)
"And now hold on...282 just found something!
I'll get back to you what he found! And where!"
Hovercraft just saw another UFO!
And 941 just saw... ... ...Oh Man!!!
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The little Red Star is called O And
The one below it is Mirach
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Bright Blueish Star
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M15
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In the half circle pattern of Stars...O O O The little Red star O O & the
Star below it...is where you "TRIANGULATE" back to Andromeda that points splitting the two Stars
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Small Reddish Star
The three Stars: Enif,Vaga&Altair
make a Triangle
v The Pointing Star in Cygnus is E-Cyg
My Map to Andromeda M31
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Half circle pattern of Stars
Nice Golden ReddishStar,Brightest at that spot. >
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We can tell each other...on the Radio... where anything is up in the Cosmos.
Using Right Ascension & Declination.
A planet, Comet, Galaxies.
To start the fun find that old compass
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And so to sum it up,all that up there,...2 Fists East from Cygnus wing tip
And 1 Fist down to a faint colorful Star.Then 1 Fist over (West) to M15
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Cassiopeia comes over high in the NNE