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Originally Posted by erick
Are they astronomers themselves? Some things excite astronomers that don't excite the general public - eg. dark nebulae and really faint galaxies.
I think some of your targets are pretty low (maybe even below the horizon for you?) this time of year - or are you going to get them up well before dawn!
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I'm not sure whether they are astronomers themselves. I only get to meet them tomorrow afternoon.
Some of the targets are pretty low (LMC, Tarantula Neb. & Eta Carinae Neb.) but they might still be visible, even if it's not the ideal location as far as seeing is concerned. I'm planning on using the hour or so before the moon rises (around 7:30pm - 8:30pm GMT+2) so hopefully that will work.
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Originally Posted by §AB
Take them on a sweeping tour of the Sagittarius Starclouds - absolutely mind blowing even from suburban locations. There's also alot of big, bright open and globular clusters (e.g. M6, M7, M22) and bright Nebulae (m8, m20 and m17 are great). Shame about the FULL MOON though.  |
Good suggestions there. I only focused on Southern Hemisphere objects. If they aren't astronomers themselves then those should also be quite a treat. It is a pity about the moon, but hey got to live with that... I might even blind them with the moon itself if I can't find anything else.
