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Old 02-10-2009, 04:34 PM
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Have you bought a copy of Australian Sky and Telescope yet?
It has a beaut All Sky Map that is easy to use. There'll be quite a few objects marked on the map that are well within reach of your binos.
What will help you in leaps and bounds is learning how to Star Hop.
Find a bright star that you know on the map, maybe one of the Pointers in the Southern Cross. It's only a short hop from there up to the constellation Scorpius. Find the bright red star Antares, go from there to M8, the Lagoon Nebula.
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