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Originally Posted by Jemmo
So what magnitude objects would be relatively easy for a nooby to find with my f5 10" dobsonian. Would mag 12 be easy enough
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If I was you I would be chasing the brighter DSO's to start with: bright globulars like 47 Tuc and Omega Cen, open clusters like IC2602 (Southern Pleiades) or the real Pleiades, nebulae like M42 (Orion) or Eta Carina, bright galaxies like Centaurus A and the Sombrero, or planetaries like the Ghost of Jupiter. Once you get the general idea and know what you are looking for and at, then you can start chasing fainter objects, like 9th Magnitude galaxies, and then go fainter again: there are many 1000's of DSO's visible in your scope!
12th Magnitude faint fuzzies will probably be visible (depending on how spread out they are), but often you will need averted vision, and they may be disappointing for a new star gazer: just a faint, tiny blob of light.
Work your way down to them!
All the best,
Dean