Messier advice for tonight.

[Mr Moff]

Well fingers crossed tonight looks like a good one,so if it's clear this will be my second night of viewing.

I've collected a couple more x-cel lx eyepieces so I'm looking forward to trying them out.

So I was wondering if anyone could recommend some messiers that will look good and are easy to find?

Danny.

[magic612]

M34 (5 degrees from Algol in Perseus), M35 (near "foot" of Gemini), M42, M43 (in "sword" of Orion). A little harder to spot initially in light polluted areas, but well worth the effort, are the open clusters of M36, M37 and M38 in Auriga.

That's a few to get you started.

[Mr Moff]

Thank you kind sir,I'll jot them down in my little note book and give em a go.

Danny.

[magic612]

You're welcome! Free star charts you can print here, too:

Eyes On The Sky > Star Charts

[rory]

have you downloaded stellarium ? a good free software that'll give you alot of info. its unbelievably good for something that costs nowt. its also good to play about with on those cloudy nights..