Hi All, I just added a new article to my site in the "Focus on...." section: Observing M 31,the Andromeda Galaxy. In the article you will find a little history of observing M 31, four of my own observing reports, what to expect when observing M 31, where to find M 31 (finder chart included), a table of data on M 31, M 32 and M110, some interesting links to detailed online photographic atlases of M 31 and more. I illustrated the article with sketches Al Sufi and Charles Messier. I also would like to thank Sue French, Robert Gendler and Martin Germano who granted me permission to use some of their images/sketches for my article. Just follow this link to read the full story: http://www.backyard-astro.com/focusonarchive/m31/m31.html Enjoy! Math http://www.backyard-astro.com ----------------------------------------------------- Please feel free to send questions, comments or criticism to the e-mail adress listed here: newsletter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information - Users can subscribe to the Backyard-astro.com Newsletter by sending email to backyard-astro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface - Users can unsubscribe from the Backyard-astro.com Newsletter by sending email to backyard-astro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface. - Online, searchable archives of the Backyard-astro.com Newsletter are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/backyard-astro Each list's archive is automatically updated as new messages come in.