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I'm going after the 8-burst tonite, the Melbourne Cloud is on its way out. Hopefully seeing will be good so I can use reckless mags. I observed the Hamburger with the ST120 a few weeks ago. Looked nice at 45x, with the lane clearly visible.
and here are Sab's April challenge objects
vdBH 65a
A tiny reflection nebula in Circinus, located about 2.5º SE of Alpha Centauri. Appears as an upside down "comma" in DSS images just east of a 10th mag star.
NGC 5170
Awesome needle thin galaxy in Virgo. Surface brightness is listed at 14.6, Mag (P) 12.1.
Pismis 19
This open cluster looks very rich on DSS plates, and is located only a degree due west of Alpha Centauri and 20' SSE of NGC 5617.
Hickson 62
A group of 3 small, very tightly packed elliptical galaxies in Virgo, inlcuding NGC 4776/4778 which are extremely close "double", and NGC 4761. Magnitude of 4778 is 12.7. A mag 9 star is only 1.5' S of the group, which will interfere with observation. Use high magnification for this group of galaxies.
Boomerang Nebula
A protoplanetary nebula in Centaurus. Appears fairly bright in DSS images, and sports a nice bowtie-shape. Located about 2.5º NE of Gamma Crucis.
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