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Originally Posted by JJDOBBER79
Thanks Suzy for this one. I like the "even in light pollution" part. I will try and hunt this down. I also had a crack at 3 galaxies in dorado on the weekend. Cant remember their names though. Dew was becoming a problem anyway as it was getting late. so im interested in tracking them down too. maybe not in reach of a 6"?
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I'm guessing they were the mag.10 galaxies in
this list
There's a whole lot of galaxies in that group.
I haven't observed the galaxies there yet, I must get onto it in my next session- goody, I was looking for some objects to add to my list, so thanks!
You are doing awesome things with that 6" scope of yours Jas, good stuff.
You will eventually find out the limit of what mag. galaxies to go for. I've found that thru my 10" scope, mag. 11 & 12 DSOs (deep sky objects) are too much of a stretch for me in light pollution. So I generally keep my list to under 11. Stars, not a problem as they're pin point light sources and the light is not stretched out over a large area like DSOs are.
Don't forget along with NGC 1291 to go for M77- I'm really curious to know how these perform in a 6".
Here's a link to a favourite site of mine. It's called the
NGC/IC Project put together by one of the (& my!) most respected & seasoned observers, Steve Gotlieb (who is also a forum member here). On the home page, click on "Public NGC/IC Data Base" and type in what you want in the search box. It's a wealth of information for visual observers.