Hi everyone,
I am a complete newbie to this. I have a saxon 10inch dob F/4.7 which I use only from my backyard in Shepparton, Victoria. I have not linked in with any astronomy club or other amateurs and have been doing this on my own in my free-time slowly (very slowly) finding my way around the night sky. I am interested in DSOs and iceinspace and other forums have been my primary resource. However, I seem to have hit a snag. I have not been able to spot any planetaries or galaxies (not LMC/SMC) and I would appreciate any advice on easy to find DSOs (except open clusters) considering I am looking from my backyard.
In relation to DSOs, so far I have seen M41, M42, M43, M44, M45, M78, M79, C79, C84, NGC2808, Omega Centauri, Jewel Box cluster, Eta Carinae Nebula, Running Chicken Nebula (I think so..I can see the cluster but can't quite make out the nebulosity), Tu 47, either C104 or NGC361, and Tarantula Nebula. I have particularly tried finding Centaurus A and Blue Planetary repeatedly without any success.
Please please give me suggestions
Vijay