Thanks for all the replies and the links etc. folks
Heaps to the astronomy lark
Damn the big city lights of Brisvegas
. I guess the problem is going to be knowing what objects are just not going to be worth chasing due to the light polution hence my original comment regarding magnitude. Its it fair to say if I can't see something of mag X then don't bother looking for anything less or equal? Also what role does seeing play (should I be working out what the seeing is first and then if it is x I could target these objects vs y only bother with these?
Thanks for the personal clarification Daniel - as above that was what i was trying to establish. Guess I really need to see how bad things are from this location )and as the sky is fairly barren to the naked eye I guess probably not good
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Hey karlsson at the moment early starts haven't been an option so far (I am not a morning person
) and I know higher = better so I am targeting with that in mind but last nights main target was to Check saturn out at it highest point so the search for M83 was killing time as it were.
Plan is definatley at some stage to go bush to see what the scope can do in better conditions
Hey John, wasn't trying to make it dark just dark adapt my eyes to be able to best see with the given conditions. I mentioned it in another thread but I spent some months backpacking in South America and when crossing from Bolivia into Chile across the altiplano you are at 4K+ in altitude hundreds of K's from anything so I know what truely great skies look like
(I think it would be safe to say that no location in Oz could compare).
I think the best course for me is gonna be joing a club and then getting out on a dark sky night/s
As I said still early days
