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Old 20-05-2015, 11:50 PM
inertia8 (Australia)
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You mentioned the saucepan (Orion), the great nebula in Orion is located around the middle "star" in the handle.

Eta Carina is beautiful and there is a number of open clusters of stars to oogle at too nearby.

Omega Centauri is a globular that is well visible, through the 25mm it will appear as a hazy ball, as you zoom in you will discern that there is a great many stars although the more you zoom in.

Grab yourself a copy of Stellarium and plug in your gps co-ordinates and save it as home, then you can fast forward time and see whereabouts these objects will be at the time you wish to observe. Can give you a head start.
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