A challengefor anyone with northern hemisphere experience!

[GazzMeister]

Hello All

You guys have never let me down before. I'm leaving this a bit late but, what are some "don't miss" sights of the northern sky? Before you answer, bear in mind that I am going on short notice (booked flight yesterday morning, flying out at 2155hrs tonight) and all I can take is my AOE10x50 binos and my 400d with an old 90-300mm lens. I'm going to be in the south of England in a (relatively) light free village (Greatham, if you know england it's near petersfield). I'm really keen to see some things that I can't from home. I'll be checking out some of the astro stores in London and seeing a few observatories, but I was wondering what peoples personal favourites are. Any help would be much appreciated. Oh and by the way I'm looking to kill 7 hours in Kuala Lumpur on the way so I'll get back to everyone at about 0800hrs.

P.S. I'm a bit irked that I can't take my eq6 and use the north star to align my mount properly for once.

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

the cassiopia clusters esp the double cluster

and the galaxies in the great bear

are some great bino sights from the northern hemisphere

[gary]

M51 and its companion NGC5195 can be seen through binoculars from
a dark site. Through a telescope, it is jaw dropping.

Best Regards

Gary Kopff
Mt. Kuring-Gai

[glenc (Glen)]

I hope it is clear in the UK for you and not too cold.
The far northern objects in this list might be interesting.
http://seds.org/MESSIER/xtra/similar/cozens.html

[GazzMeister]

Thanks for the responses guys.

I've been here for two nights now and it's been absolutley terrible weather. Quite cold for the south and really, really overcast. When we were descending at Heathrow the altimeter on the screen said about 250 metres before we got through the cloud. Oh well, I've still got a fair bit of time and the bonus of watching Sky at Night on TV, and getting Astronomy Now and Sky at Night a fair bit earlier.

Thanks again.