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Originally Posted by RapidEye
Not necessarily: M31, M33, M51, M101, and M81/82 come to mind right away. How high does the Veil Nebula (easily one of our best) get for you guys???
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Well I did give you guys credit for your galaxies. And putting aside the LMC and SMC which are in a class of their own, if your into galaxies I then must admit the northern hemisphere seems the place to be. Even with the vergo galaxy cluster and other nearby galaxies in Leo which are easily accessible from the south, but I believe they are even better from the north where they would pass overhead for you guys.
As for the Veil Nebular, it just clears my roof when its at its highest, so I guess that means it aint too bad. But unfortunately for me thats also the direction of the worst source of light pollution in my area (the whole greater Sydney region is in that direction) so I havent even tried seeing it. This is especially considering I already have enough trouble seeing some of the fainter messier objects in that area of sky even with my 12 inch
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To be honest I would love to go observing in the northern hemisphere and see that part of the sky which is either invisible to us or not as well seen from the south. It would be a totally different experience, even if in my opinion it might not be as good the southern sky. In fact a few years ago I tried doing just that when I took my 4.5 incher overseas with me, but unfortunately it was cloudy the entire time I was there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will be going overseas again next year hopefully, but this time I will only be taking binoculars with me.