Thanks for the tips everyone.
I have been pretty active since getting my scope. In the last month I've checked out quite a few open and globular clusters, including Omega Centauri and 47 Tuc (both fantastic!). Also the Orion Nebula earlier on. And Saturn and Jupiter look great. I have also scanned Eta Carina. Can't wait to do that in dark skies.
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Originally Posted by davidpretorius
Hey astrobug,
give me 3 types of things you want to see, ie planetary nebula, planet, double star, open cluster etc and I will put one together.
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David, I haven't observed a planetary nebula. Do you know of any observable from the suburbs? I also haven't viewed any double stars apart from A. Centauri. I like your tip regarding repetative viewing. I took about 90 minutes to find M65 and M66 galaxies from my backyard. These were barely visible, but each session I have gone back and can now find them quite quickly. Then went to a dark sky site and found them clearly in the same field of view along with NGC3628 (since looked it up
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Originally Posted by iceman
I've been giving it some thought again lately and will attempt to kick it off again very shortly.
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Mike, that will be great when it happens but I appreciate that it is a lot of work. In the meantime I'll take on all the above tips. I don't think I'll run out of objects to observe,.. once the skies clear up..
