Well finally came in from a short 2 hour session outside and "eureka " I have bagged my first Galaxy thanks to your posts.In fact you can double that NGC 253 and NGC 55.
Found it a bit of a struggle to start with as my alignment was a bit off but with some panning back and forth the grey smudgy cigars appeared,253s lower arm seemed to flow into a much larger illuminated area but this could have been my inthusiasm getting the best of me. As for NGC 55 this appeared dimmer but more as I expected in appearance.
Well nothing stopping me now although I must say they don't come close to the WOW I get with some of the clusters.
Thanks again all,now that I've got my first few posts on the board I'm sure I'll be back soon to rack your mind.
Paul.
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