Help with a Viewing List!

[Seraph_69]

Hi all,

I am off to Devon tomorrow, for a 3 night stay here: http://www.astroadventures.co.uk/ as a birthday present/short break

They have a 20'' dob and a 10'' imaging setup. I need a list of objects to look at while I am there, and have not had much time to think about it!

I am also relatively inexperienced and don't really know too many targets off-hand in the time I've been doing this.

 

Views are unobstructed to the south apparently, and I am definitely sticking Mars and Saturn on the list, but any other suggestions of great targets would be greatly appreciated!

I have an 8'' newt, so I want to try to look for things that will benefit from a larger aperture/darker skies (so that's everything I guess!!)

Perhaps some good DSO's / clusters / colourful double stars? I especially would like some suggestions for good galaxies and nebulae

 

Thanks in advance guys!! 

[Knighty2112]

M13 has to be a must to see through in those babies!  

[Knighty2112]

Also, M81 & M82 too should be good also, weather and seeing permitting of course.  

[rockystar]

Very nice. I've been trying persuade the wife that we need to go there on holiday :-)

I'd probably be trying to track down some of those Virgo galaxies in a 20".

[todd8137]

Another great reason to learn the constellations ,because most people just buy a scope and point it at the moon and Orion if it's available , and they there stuck ,and now it's springs we have so little time view .am sure where you are,going for your break will have plenty of  answers and books ect 

pat