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Hey Alistairsam, glad you liked the list! And even gladder it was some help. There are plenty of galaxies to check with and 8" BUIT you will need reasonably dark skies.
Suggest you start on the messier galaxies, as all of these are within an 8" capability, although some (M74 being the obvious example) will need very dark skies.
Probably the one to try for at the moment is M104 (the Sombrero) in Virgo. It is well up by midnight at the moment and quite easy to locate. First find Corvus, then locate Eta Corvi and it is about 5.5deg northeast (a smidgen over on finder field away). Its bright enough that sweeping should pick it up.
The other Messiers in Leo and Virgo will very soon become very visible.
Malcolm
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