Messier hunt

[beren]

theres a large number of Messier catalog objects in the sky in the early evening at the moment , good opportunity to tag a few and itch on the side of the scope as mission accomplished

http://nineplanets.org/dssm/messier.html .... although not the same as through the eyepiece this gives some indication of what to expect

[ving (David)]

my astro soc has certificates for messier hunting... 30, 60 and 100. its a good way to get peole in to the faint fuzzies

I've seen heaps but have only just started recording... about 20 recorded i think.

[rumples riot]

Must do that when I get this planetary stuff out of my system, say in 6 months.

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

Its great fun I think I have done about 50 so far, lots of Open & globular star clusters.
Its surprizing how many you can find in a night with a Dob, Star Chart ( from Cartes Du Ceil) & a telrad.

[wavelandscott (Scott)]

I don't remember if I found this here at this forum or somewhere else....

(Not an active link)

http://www.utahskies.org/deepskyIndex.shtml


It is a set of Telrad skymaps...

[DougAdams]

I keep getting stuck at M1

[rmcpb (Rob)]

What, you mean stop looking at Saturn and Jupiter

[ving (David)]

I need to start looking for them again too...

I get stuck on them tho as finding them is not enuff, I try to get more and more detail

[gaa_ian (Ian)]

At this time of the year we get the opportunity to see our most northly Messier galaxies M81 & M82, Bode's & the Cigar Galaxies.
I will be looking to add them to my list this year.
Might be a good time of year to finally have that Messier marathon