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Old 09-07-2014, 02:55 PM
Renato1 (Renato)
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Originally Posted by thebigasam View Post
Basically, i want to see the planets, the orion nebula, other galaxys (might be abit out of range)

What would you recommend
From a dark sky site, you could fairly easily see over 1000 to 1500 galaxies with an 8" dob. But from a suburban backyard, the number would be considerably less. Though hundreds of open clusters and globular clusters could still be seen (though not as nice as when viewed from a dark sky site).

The Orion Nebula is simple to see with binoculars, telescopes just magnify and enhance the view.
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Renato
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