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Originally Posted by geolindon
because most non astronomers are familiar with the pointers n southern cross i find they are impressed with more info and the views of this area. pls check wikipedia n verify my memory b4 compounding any errors in my off the top of the head list below;
the jewel box - its pretty n different coloured stars indicating different temperatures.
split alpha centauri - it is 3 stars u can see 2 proxima is a cool dwarf n too dull, its the closest to us, n the system might have at least one planet.
split other cross stars - the one nearest the pointers (i think its that one) has a beaut little ruby wide separation partner.
the coal sack - a big dusty dark area nebula, not visually attractive but good info.
omega centauri - WOW the biggest cluster, is it the remnants of a devoured galaxy? 100s of millions of stars, ?black hole.
centauri A - a 'faint fuzzy' but relatively bright galaxy with a predominant dust lane.
southern pin wheel galaxy - further from the cross, a face on faint fuzzy spiral.
eta carina nebula - my favourite big n bright and in a busy area of the milky way.
n i've probably forgotten some, its a loaded part of the sky. btw when at the LMC remember sn1987a - super novae are fascinating we are made of star dust!
enjoy, L
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Fantastic post! I'll be sure to check these out over the weekend.
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Originally Posted by The Mekon
Are you sure you have seen the flame nebula NGC 2024 and not the great Orion nebula NGC 1976? The former is much more difficult than the latter, though probably detectable with a 10" from your country skies.
I think you may have them confused.
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Yeah you're definitely right there. Did a bit of googling to differentiate the two and I'm definitely looking at the Orion Nebula.