Yes, have to agree about M83. Found it last night for the first time this year. I saw it for the first time last year, but have forgotten the starfield it is in.
With the 12" reflector, it was just a smudge in Melbourne skyglow, faint, but there. If it wasn't for the 3 10th magnitude stars that underline it (just checked them on Stellarium), I might have thought I had got lost!
Eric
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