[Jen]

Originally Posted by erick

Yes, Jen. In nice dark skies I reckon you will see it, especially with your young eyes!

Starhopping there from Corvus is a delight in itself:-

See my diagram of the starhop in this thread:-

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=28880

"In this starhop to M104, those asterisms - the isosceles triangle arrowhead pointing the direction to "Stargate", then on in the same direction to "Jaws", then follow where Jaws is pointing to M104 - are so distinctive that you will quickly find yourself centred on M104 or its location. I take the point made that city light pollution may be a problem, but M104 is a bright little fellow, I expect you'll see it in your 40mm, unless your observing location is lit up too much and your eyes poorly dark adapted."

Thanks Erick i cant wait for the next new moon now to see if i can see this beautiful galaxy i love it i have beautiful dark skies here except for one street light in the north that is mysteriously not going to work properly for much longer
Jens next mission is to see M104 woop woop ardious omigos