4 Jun
2014
4 Jun
'14
2:20 p.m.
I totally concur with Rich. Thanks Ryan for the thoughful post. M81 and M82 are "faint fuzzes" and it's possible you found them but didn't recognize them. Which reminds me about my ability to find M27 - the Dumb bell Nebula. I tried using star charts, but then David Chamberlin showed me how to star hop to it. That was m@^phff years ago. I still can't find it using a chart, star hopping is the only way and I can find it in seconds. Success will come and there will be a tiny glow of well-earned pride when you do find them.