Easy Galaxy to locate

[hickny (Peter)]

Can any body suggest a Galaxy that is easy to locate?

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

This time of the year Andromeda Galaxy(M31)is a fine binoculars object low in the north. Just locate the 2nd star on the hind leg of Pegasus then star hop another 2 stars further north.
The Silver Coin galaxy(NGC253) in Sculptor looks stunning in my 12". It is high in the south halfway between beta-Ceti and alpha-Sculptoris

[Alchemy (Clive)]

probably the best at the moment is ngc 253 almost overhead, if you have good northern aspect try m31, the magellanic clouds are galaxies visible to the naked eye check out the tarantula, Up and to the right of m31 is m33.
i assume you have some sort of planetarium program or guides. if not theres some freebies in the beginners section i think.

happy viewing AL

[robagar]

Definitely the Andromeda galaxy / M31. If your sky's reasonably dark you can see it naked eye in the north, and through a telescope it's bleedin' huge!

I've found that even the biggest and brightest galaxies are surprisingly hard to spot with an 8" because they are spread out over a big area.

It's completely the wrong time of year for them, but Centaurus A and the Sombrero are two of my favourites.

[Campus Dweller]

How about the LMC and SMC

[DougAdams]

Originally Posted by Campus Dweller

How about the LMC and SMC

Milky Way

Seriously NGC253 - easy to find, and stunning, even in my tiny 4".

[GrahamL]

After finding andromeda come back to beta andomeda(Mirach ) and have a try for mirachs ghost (ngc 404)..its very close to the star so easy to loacte ..but a little hard to see the first time.. low power and averted vision
should pick it up .

[hickny (Peter)]

Thanks for the advice. I'll try to locate these when the sky is clear.

[vash (Ashley)]

NGC1365 in fornax is also good, aim anywhere around it and you can pick up a few galaxies in there.

As everyone says NGC 253 is probably the best cause it's nice and bright and high up and fairly easy to locate being south of the bright orange star, also can find it in binoculars,