Nice report Rob - certainly sounds like a fun night in Fornax et al. As others have said, you do a great report witha modest scope. And I like the sketch.
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Originally Posted by orestis
Wow That is An amazing report  .
I haven't seen any of these apart from ngc 253 which an absolutely amazing galaxy and ngc 288 which your description fits pretty much perfectly with mine  .
What nine galaxies in the same fov thats awesome.
You have given me so many more dso's which i know i can view because your scope is 1cm and a half smaller than mine .
Only problem now is star hopping.Are they hard to star hop to?
keep posting your reprts they amazing 
orestis  |
Orestis, they are not hard to star hop to, but it took me quite a while to make out Fornax the first time that I went looking for it. It's one of the more subtle constellations. I usually find this field by using three 4th mag stars in Eridanus that from a nice equilateral triangle with sides of about one degree. They are about 1/2 way down the south side of the big V formation in Eridanus that is pointing roughly east at the moment. It is a truly amazing field of galaxies if you've got dark skies. At VicSouth, Tim Nott put the Argo/Servocat on his 22" dob on spiral around this area - it was just amazing to watch bunches of galaxies wheel through the ep. You will have a great time if you can find it.