Hi all,
Just trying to get a handle on what I can expect to see and not see, so I'm not looking for things I'm never going to see....
I understand it depends on my location, time of night, surrounding contamination of light, eyepieces etc etc etc,
I have a 150mm reflector.
ON AVERAGE in regional NSW, what should I expect to see down to with an average quality reflector with average eyepieces?
I did a search on this forum, no luck but found this link to magnitude, but thought I could get a real perspective.
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/icq/MagScale.html
(My main motive - to look at stellarium, and pick DSO's to find based on what approximate magnitude they are and what equip I currently have).
Based on the harvard site, I might be lucky with "good" viewing conditions to see mag 10-11??? or am I dreaming? (insert "the Castle" film quotes here).
Ok so hit me with the reality,
TIA
Steve
Newbgazer