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Can I see any quasars or pulsars with a 10 inch reflector?
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MN
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Can I see any quasars or pulsars with a 10 inch reflector?
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June 20, 2011, 07:37:37 AM »
I know it probably wont be impressive, but I would like to try and find as many kinds of dso's as i can. Again I know probably not to impressive, but I want to spot pluto but I have a dobson, is it even possible to distinguish without tracking I have looked in the general area but didn't spend more than a few minutes looking and went on to something else. It would be by far the dimmest thing I have tried to find at +14 apparent magnitude in its present position.
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oklatonola
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Re: Can I see any quasars or pulsars with a 10 inch reflector?
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June 20, 2011, 05:19:19 PM »
Yes. There is a pulsar in the middle of the Crab Nebula, M1, the very first pulsar, discovered by Jocelyn Bell
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Andrew_S
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Re: Can I see any quasars or pulsars with a 10 inch reflector?
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June 20, 2011, 07:10:16 PM »
Yes to both. There are any number of pulsars visible using that scope although they will appear no different to an oridnary star. There are a few bright quasars that you similarly won't have any problems seeing - the brightest is 3C 273 at magnitude 12.9 making within range of even fairly small scopes. However, that is dim enough that you will have great difficultly identfying the quasar among background stars without extremely detailed charts.
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GeoffG
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Re: Can I see any quasars or pulsars with a 10 inch reflector?
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June 20, 2011, 07:24:30 PM »
Yes, the quasar 3C273 in Virgo is visible in a 10-inch reflector. I've seen it myself with that size telescope. It appears as a 12th or 13th magnitude star, but it's impressive to know that those photons have been on their way to you for billions of years.
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