Hey guys..
I'm going out to a dark site tonight, with my (gasp!) wife!! She's not really into astronomy much yet, but after a few hours of bombarding her with star-light, she's bound to come home a convert
So, i'm hoping to go galaxy hunting tonight..
Can anyone recommend some good, easy to find, relatively bright, visually stunning galaxies for me, my wife and my dob? Surely that's not too much to ask..
Just let me know the identifying number, constellation it's in, and anything else I need to know to find it.. maybe best observing magnification..
Also, as an aside when you don't have an observing plan, do you just jump around looking for something interesting, or do you work on a constellation and look at everything in that constellation?
For example, last night was clear so I just got out in the backyard at home for an hour or so, and didn't really have a plan of what I wanted to view, so I just spent time in Orion and Monoceros, and just looked at all the clusters and nebula I could find in those 2 constellations (using my starchart book).
Thanks for your suggestions and advice..