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Originally Posted by Craig.a.c
I spent about 3 hours out last night with my scope and found a few things that were on my list.
Crux
NGC-4755 Open cluster. Nice small cluster, very easy on the eyes. When I put in the 10mm eyepiece I could make a few small orange stars and what looked to be a few green ones also.
Centaurus
NGC-5139 - Globular cluster Not sure if I found this or not?!?! While scanning the sky with my 10x50 binoculars I saw what looked to be a very large round fuzzy patch. Through my telescope all I could see was still a large round fuzzy patch, tried using 20mm and 10mm eyepieces and got no detail, will have to try again tonight.
Carina
NGC-3372 - star clusters and nebula. This one was probably the highlight on my night. Very nice open cluster, spread over a large area with what looked to be some reflection nebula around the stars. In the middle of it all was a dark band with very few stars.
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Looks like you had a pretty good night Craig.
I agree with you, NGC 3372 is a magnificent sight in any scope.
Did you get to see the Sombrero galaxy (M104)?
