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Old 04-03-2008, 02:09 AM
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Re: any bright galaxies?

Hi Ash, I can sympathise with you brother.

I first looked skywards through telescopes & binocs a few months ago, and have since enjoyed some stunning open clusters (Pleiades, Jewel Box...), a few decent globular clusters (Omega Centurai, NGC 3532), and some atmospheric nebulas (Orion, Eta Carina) .... but finding a GALAXY or two has been giving me grief.

I have a 10" Dob, and some decent eyepieces .... so I think my main challenge is locating and recognising the suckers in light polluted skies.

From what I've read, some of the best to view should be:

=> Large Magellanic Cloud (mag -0.19, size 14deg)

=> Small Magellanic Cloud (mag 2.40, size 7.9deg)

=> Andromeda (mag 2.9, size 4.6deg) Dec=41deg, so winter for this one


Any tips out there from seasoned astro amatures would be great!

Cheers,
Jeff
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