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Old 20-03-2012, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by barx1963 View Post
Hi Psyche
Galaxies are always a bit problematic as all of them are faint and most of them are small. We are spoiled by images of theses galaxies that show arms, colours and lots of structure.

The Sombrero (M104) is a good galaxy to try for as it is relatively bright and one of the larger ones. If you can get to dark skies it will clearly show the dark lane in your scope even at low power.

In the suburbs, it will be harder to pick up but should give you something.

Which Fornax Galaxy are you referring to BTW? There are lots!

Malcolm

Hi Malcome

Thanks for the reply! Wet skies have dampened ny spirits for yet another weekend, time to start crossing fingers for the next one I have to admit some uninformed terminology, indeed there are many fornax Galaxies, I intended to refer to them all, as a cluster in themselves.
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