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Old 13-12-2010, 11:26 PM
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Hi,

Not sure if this has been listed repeatedly, but for those who have'nt seen it as yet, I found Calsky an incredible tool to make a list of interesting objects for observing at a particular night for a particular location, or for a whole week, month to a whole year.

you can make your personalized calendar with objects that you want to see, and it'll give you a list, with images, friendly description, sorted by the local time of what is visible, whats the best time to view it, magnitude and so on.

I found it very useful to plan an observing session for a beginner, rather than look at sky charts or stellarium or messier lists to figure out what is visible at that night.
I still use stellarium to locate it though.
problem for me with sky charts was that i needed to look up what that particular object was if it just had its ngc number, and then check if its mag was within my scopes capability and then move on. this eliminates it.

attached a sample of what it generates for whats out there tonight from my location sorted by my local time, including the ISS, iridium flares and more.

http://www.calsky.com/cs.cgi

just choose the object type from the menu on the top, and then the sub object type, enter date, time, location, other filter and hit go.
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Old 31-12-2010, 06:27 PM
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Hi jen,

this site gives free monthly sky calendars with significant events listed.
the jan '11 is not out yet, but should be out soon and will be handy

look for the sky map for the southern hemisphere. it has a sky calendar for the month

http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html
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Get this FANTASTIC pocket guide
http://embiggenbooks.com/collins-stars-and-planets.html
It's the best for your size scope will show you individual maps, Deep sky, etc,
This is my 3rd copy since the 90's they get severe use in the field and at star parties you will be a wizz at finding COOL stuff real quick
Plenty available here
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=new
Jen, I second that.
The "Stars and Planets" book is my best friend when observing. Molly loves her book too (she recommended it to me).
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