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Originally Posted by crazzyroo
You took the words right out of my mouth, my next door naighbour pointed me in the direction of Orion neb on the weekend and WOW (only had my scope 3 weeks).
In terms of the other two nebs...where can you find them? from the north sky I can find orion, mars & saturn at first glance...so yeah...how to from there?
I live on the gold coast if that helps...
Many thanks in advance
Nick
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Nick....if you look towards the Sth'n Cross follow the (faint) Milky Way across to the larger False Cross (an asterism made up of stars from Carina and Pupis). Now come back towards the Cross till you're just a little on the Cross's side of halfway between the two. If you look carefully and to one side of that patch of sky, you'll see a faint, hazy cloud-like object that's shaped a bit like an upturned triangle, about the size of the full moon. That's the eta Carina Nebula
. I've knocked up a map for you that's attached to this post, that'll show you a few of the sights around the area of the sky. Use it to find your way about