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Originally Posted by Robh
I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm but I have a 12" scope and wouldn't bother with most galaxies or planetary nebulae in the suburbs. Too much light pollution.
........Anything above magnitude 8 is going to appear quite dim and anything above 9 virtually invisible. So, even the "bright" Sombrero at magnitude 8 will be quite dim.
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Hi Robh,
Thanks for this info, don't worry about dampening my enthusiasm, I'm quite happy to be realistic, I just want to know what's possible and what isn't.
With the tip of using a revised magnitude limit I'll have a better idea of what I can look at. Of course some parts of the sky for me are worse than others eg. West of the SCP lies the city, so it's practically daylight in that region and almost no point aiming anywhere near that.
Thanks Goober I'm going to give the Blue PN another shot and see if I can see anything. I don't mind if things are too dim, I just need practice finding them so when I do go camping I know where to look and then can appreciate the view more.
Also thanks to the others for the book recommendations.