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Hi again Mike,
Your school is even more impressive than I thought.
Don't forget to aim the 10" dob at globular clusters Omega Centauri and 47 Tucana. Tell your students that they are looking at millions of old suns clustered into balls outside our galaxy, and that people from the northern hemisphere take vacations down here just so that they can say they've seen them - because their biggest globular cluster looks very sad in comparison.
The other much overlooked constellation in the sky which is in good position around 10.30pm is Fornax. It's a bit tricky to star-hop to because there aren't many stars around. But when you get to the right place, there are ten or so bright galaxies that one can easily see just by moving the eyepiece around sideways and up and down.
Cheers,
Renato
Last edited by Renato1; 28-09-2014 at 01:18 AM.
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