HI There,
Just joined the forum and wanted to thank everyone for their help so far, I have spend countless hours reading posts and have found them all a great resource. My story is I just bought a 6 inch dob a couple of months ago, it came with a 10mm and a 25mm EP. I have since aquirred a 6mm and a 3x barlow (I know, I know. Its pretty much useless, I got excited) Having said that the 3x with the 10mm is awesome for the moon, it feels like Im walking on it. Anyway, I guess I joined to ask for some help as Ive kinda hit the wall. Since buying the scope, I have seen Jupiter, saturn, Orion neb, eta carinae and venus but I cant seem to locate anything else. I have read suzy's post on planetary nebs and tried the blue neb and butterfly neb. Also I have tried on many nights to locate the galaxy cluster in virgo with no luck. Problem is, I know exactly where I am looking, I recognize all of the stars around my targets and I feel that I should be looking right at it yet I see nothing. I live in Lismore NSW which is not a big town and I kinda live on the outskirts so I feel like it's pretty dark. I even went out last night (no moon) and tried and I couldnt find anything. I am thinking that its either not dark enough or I dont have enough aperture. Or maybe my EP are poor. What do you guys think? Maybe Im selecting the wrong targets? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
