[Amletico]

Hello everybody.

I live in Italy, and for the first time in my life i will visit a tropical country : just 2 weeks, in a short cruise, along the Maldives islands.

I don't have room enough for a little scope and a tripod, so I will bring with me just a binoculars, and a good star chart.

Can you help me ? first of all , of course, a good -but little- star chart; i'd prefer a round one, i mean a complete hemispere.

But the most important for me is - certainly - a list of nice object to look at!!

Your help and experience is important because i've never seen the southern constellations; so it is difficult to me also the simply recognition of the constellations and stars.

I will stay there the first part of april; i hope to have - at least - 8/10 nights for observing, and make some practice.

What do you recomend me ? what is your list of preferred object, just for binocular 8 X 21 ? and for naked eye ?

What about a list o 10 - 20 object ? do you think it is sufficient ?

thank you, and clear skies

giorgio