things to look at tonight

[stargazerkelly]

Hey

i am surrently sat outside with my telescope, what nice objects would you guys reccomend i look at, i have seen saturn but would like to see some other stuff what should i go for.

Stargazerkelly

[stargazerkelly]

sorry for spelling error cold hands lol i meant currently LOL

[garethmob]

where too are you based? i like the ring nebula (nice fuzzy ring not far from vega in lyra) u got m44 the beehive cluster

[stargazerkelly]

im in southampton but im not near city lights i do have street lighting but its not bad i have a 12" dobs also

[garethmob]

well what i said above i can see in my 5" Sw 102st um...... theres the Hercules cluster you could av alook at a few of the galaxys in the plough the NGC ones expess with your 12" dob

[Stu]

Try M13 and M92, the globular clusters in Hercules, and as mentioned, M57 the ring nebula in Lyra. It's between the bottom two stars of the trapezium shape below Vega.

The double double is always with a look, it's the fainter star just sort of left of Vega.

Plenty of Galaxies in Leo to look at too, worth a trawl around to see what's there.

No viewing for me tonight but just sign a magnitude -7 iridium flare which was great

Cheers

[jasdav]

M13 in Hercules is a nice bright globular cluster, and M92 not too far away either. I've just given up for the night - much too cloudy in North Devon.

[franticsmurf]

I like M44, too. If you have dark skies, some of the other Messier objects M3, M53, M64 and M65. Also you have some double stars (Castor if it's not too low, Algieba, Mizar and Alcor, Cor Caroli).

I'm jealous as it's solid grey cloud here in Swansea.

Dave

[stargazerkelly]

i will check them out, there are galaxies in the plough

[stargazerkelly]

thanks i have found the ring nebula, very nice and hercules cluster thats amazing

[Astro Imp]

Hi,

For future reference have a look at Tonight's Sky