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Originally Posted by erick
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!
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I spotted it early morning quite easily with my 4" from the suburbs - conditions were very clear and still. From my notes...
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M83 - galaxy in Hydra. Hopped in via an equilateral triangle of magnitude four stars that were just naked eye (that helped). I tried to spot NGC 5253 on the way (couldn't), but found M83 easily enough. A bright core surrounded by a milky, misty glow. I was quite surprised at how easy it was - appears to be a lot more to see here from a dark sky site.
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