Spring galaxies.

[cotterless45]

No Moon! First to Leo ( the triplet being bright), then a nudge over to Virgo, up to Coma Bernices.Stopped at M53, a super globular cluster.Then noticed that for the first time I could see all three corner stars of Coma Bernices and Melotte 111 by eye. Onto the Coma cluster, before the first claggy clouds came in with a mess of dew.

I put away the charts and used a 30mm and 21mm eyepiece in the 10" Lightbridge, the view was speckled with galaxies.

We live in a light polluted town, it was a treat to see a clear sky and just enjoy widefield views of these wonderful areas outside of our galaxy.

Try an evening just gazing!

[Bart]

I agree, its hard to avoid Virgo/Coma browsing these days at low power.

Bart

[Double Kick Drum]

An amazing part of the sky. I just keep going back.

Hopefully when I have saved up my pennies, I will be able to just browse with a 10 or 12 inch dob. Until then, I have to search for the galaxies on all but the very best nights.

[estwing]

it was good last night,m37 was just lovely.

[swamp thing]

It's very easy to lose track of time just wandering round this area of sky.

Great fun.

Regards Steve

[Mike73]

Last night I eventually got to the Makarians Chain and couldn't believe it...thought something was up with my scope...little smudges all over the place!! Stunning!

[Admiral Crispy]

I agree, the Coma-Virgo cluster of galaxies is impossible to resist, and I can spend hours in that area (though it takes ages identifying every galaxy!). I finally got all the messiers in that region, and verified them, so hopefully i can go back with some idea what I am looking at! As an aside, I just wish M102 would be much closer to some visible stars, I'm not getting very far in tracking it down!