spacemanblue Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I've started hunting Messiers, So far M13,M5,M3,M92 In a few days and I was wondering if anyone else is on the chase or long finished and can point me to the next, I've only got a small one,4 and a half inch reflector f8 and a handfull of eyepieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan46 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 there's a list of all the messiers here and how easy they are to see hope it helpsMessier Objects M1 - M10, Messier Catalog on Sea and Sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemanblue Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Cheers mate just what I'm looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adz Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Particularly good ones at the minute are the beehive cluster, aurigas many clusters, m5, m13, and the ring nebula in Lyra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemanblue Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 Just read I'm on the 'Messier Marathon' but the Visual Magnitude of most is far beyond my scope, I look at getting a dob 6" or 8" would be a dream. Best start saving. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adz Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Just read I'm on the 'Messier Marathon' but the Visual Magnitude of most is far beyond my scope, I look at getting a dob 6" or 8" would be a dream. Best start saving. CheersNothing compares for aperture at that price range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjulian Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Remember that it will depend how dark your skies are too. If you are close to nice dark skies, you could probably get most if not all messiers with a pair of binoculars, let alone a telescope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm working through the Messier list as a night sky learning exercise as much as anything.I bought Stephen James O'Meara's book 'The Messier Objects' ( ISBN 978-0-521-55332-2 ) which I really like, O'Meara is really enthusiastic and this is reflected in his book.You've got to be impressed with Messier locating these objects with equipment far inferior to what is available to amatuers today ( and nobody to tell him where they are ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan46 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm working through the Messier list as a night sky learning exercise as much as anything.I bought Stephen James O'Meara's book 'The Messier Objects' ( ISBN 978-0-521-55332-2 ) which I really like, O'Meara is really enthusiastic and this is reflected in his book.You've got to be impressed with Messier locating these objects with equipment far inferior to what is available to amatuers today ( and nobody to tell him where they are ! )The story I heard is that he was comet hunter and that these things kept getting in the way of comet hunting, the list was a list of places to avoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesF Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 You should be able to see an awful lot of them with a 4.5" scope, I reckon. I'm fairly sure I've only added three or four to my list since I've had the ST120. All the others have been with the ST102 or ST80. OK, so they're refractors rather than reflectors, but they're still both smaller aperture.The biggest problem right now is probably lack of contrast because of the haze that won't seem to go away.Fingers crossed for tonight, though there's some cloud building up in the south east at the moment threatening to spoil everyone's fun.James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Yes, Messier was a comet hunter and the list was of objects that could have been confused with comets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacemanblue Posted April 29, 2011 Author Share Posted April 29, 2011 Cheers guys, You have given me hope on all 110 of the little gems.Hoping for a 10" dob soon, Well and truly got the bug and will keep you informedthrough the coming year of my mindless hunt for little fuzzy smudges. I'm going to need lots of help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus 6 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Cheers guys, You have given me hope on all 110 of the little gems.Hoping for a 10" dob soon, Well and truly got the bug and will keep you informedthrough the coming year of my mindless hunt for little fuzzy smudges. I'm going to need lots of help.well they ain't going anywere, should have time to get on with seeing a few more myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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