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Originally Posted by michaellxv
I have had a couple of goes at finding NGC1808 and NGC1792 now without success. I'll be the first to admit I don't know squat about star hopping but I am reasonably sure I am in the right area of sky. I have just checked using Stellarium in ocular mode and the stars look the same as I saw last night, just couldn't see the galaxy 
Assuming I am not completely lost should I be able to see these from my backyard? Or is this a measure of the amount of local light polution? |
Both of those should be fairly easy for a 10" newt. How bad is your light pollution? Even relatively bright galaxies can be hidden by LP so you'll want atleast moderately dark skies. What eyepiece/magnification are you using? Low powers render the background sky brighter so in situations with LP the contrast between the galaxy and sky will be low. When you zero in on the area, try a higher mag, about 150-200x, to darken the background sky and increase contrast.