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Originally Posted by Liz
Viewing in an extinct volcano sounds cool, pity on the views.
As Mental says, the Fornax group are good, as are the Grus group.
I was in central Victoria a few days ago, and was surprised that I could see the great square of Pegasus so well, with Andromeda, so keep looking!!  |
You were in Central Victoria a few days ago and you could see the sky!? I am amazed. We've had wall to wall clouds around Newstead. And floods. Half your luck Liz.
Brent, you will love the Fornax cluster. Then main challenge will be finding the constellation first. There isn't much of it. If you can find Eridanus which starts from Achernar, the bright star near the smc, and winds it's way across the sky to Rigel in Orion you're off to a good start. Fornax sits in the east pointing V formed by eridanus. There is a triangle of stars in the southern limb of the v. the western side of the triangle points to 1365 GX in Eridanus which is a great GX to observe and a good starting point for a sea of galaxies beyond your wildest dreams. Andromeda comes a long way second to this bit of sky IMO.