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'tis good to get out.
I have endeavoured to pick a constellation and using CNebulaX in conjunction with Taki's double star & deep sky atlases come up with a list of suitable objects to hunt down and write notes on. Learn a bit about a constellation that way, star hopping (I use the TriAtlas Hybrid set of maps) and brush up on the observing skills.
Regarding galaxies from suburban Adelaide, I'm on the northern side so I find the easiest ones to observe are: NGC 5128 aka the Hamburger, M83, NGC 253, NGC 55, NGC 300 is harder, M31 is big, M33 harder. There are a number of others but they do disappear into the background sky glow quickly being faint smudges.
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