Fife wrote: Too bad that Harvey is wreaking havoc on us up here tonight and tomorrow.
That is too bad, cousin, it's chilly, but crystal clear here right now, I've got the M31 Nebula through the telescope at the moment, the Andromeda Galaxy, 1 trillion stars, 220,000 light-years across, 2.5 million light-years away; bam.
2.5 million x 6 trillion miles away, and you can see it with the naked eye, or rather see it 2.5 million years ago that is.
Need to get out into the high desert somewhere, away from all light polution, then could see it clear as day, end to end it's as big in the sky as a full moon, it's just too dim to really get the full effect without the telescope unless you're in the middle of nowhere.
Need to rent some ATV's and go on long range desert star patrol.