Hi,
I'm still startin out and need some advice. After playing around with bincoulars for a while I went and got a Telescope. It's a skywatcher 6", 150mm reflector on an EQ3 mount.
I've got a few books and Atlas's, etc and so far all I've been able to find is the moon, and Jupiter. I've read about star hopping and had a go but I still don't find what I'm looking for. I really want to see a galaxy or Nebula. I know a 6" isn't very big and I'm not expecting a miraculous view but I'd like to know that I can find
something before I try and find darker skies.
My location couldn't be much worse
. I live in Sydney suburb on a corner and have 2 streets lights looking north,1 south and 1 west. With trees and stuff I'm not going to view much close to the horizon. Anything I can view has to be fairly high to avoid all the noise.
Am i being unreasonable to expect to see such things with my set up and location?
How can I get experience in finding things like this before an expedition to pack everything up and head for dark skies.
cheers