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Hi Scott, the easiest southern targets are Orion Nebula (middle star in Orions sword just below his belt), Orion is higher in the sky in summer, the Jewel box is just to the left of of Crux (Becrux), Eta Carina is halfway between Crux and the False Cross, Omega Centauri is a cluster two Crux diameters to the left of Crux and up from the main pointer and Pleiades (M45) is in Taurus. There are also a number of targets betweeen Scorpius, Sagittarius and Scutum.
Jupiter will be in opposition on December 3 at about 48.5" (-2.8 mag), Saturn is still highly visible at up to 17" (0.2 mag) in the north eastern sky for the next few months.
Depends on when you will be here a bit. Cheers, John.
Last edited by Varangian; 26-06-2012 at 09:47 PM.
Reason: included relevant star in Crux
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