Well it's good that all this cloud has cleared up a bit in recent nights and I've been doing a fair bit of looking. I even got up at 1am on Sunday and had a a squiz at Saturn - obviously I hadn't drank nearly enough on Saturday night!
So I've decided to start looking for specific targets and I've found John Bambury's Southern Skies observing list. I can't begin to explain how helpful this is and I'm sure I'm going to have years of fun working my way through such a comprehensive list but...
... I'm Struggling! I spent a good hour this evening looking for the Rosette Nebula, to no avail.
Firstly, I sorted the spreadsheet by the best viewed month, then Vmag, then type. I decided to look for the Rosette Neb. as it's a dark Neb. like Orion, has a decent magnitude and therefore should be fairly easy to find, right?
Well I couldn't find the blasted thing, maybe it's not there
I set my declination through Orion's belt as it's similar to the Rosette Neb (according to Stellarium) then I worked my way round to what I thought was the right right ascension but nothing.
Any tips?
Thanks in advance
P.S. I've had a good look at the Orion Nebula and I want some more!!!