How many "M" objects can you find without no help?

[Talitha]

Just thought of something that might help those who feel a bit lost under dark skies. Would it help to hold a filter over one eye? Maybe the dark blue one or a Moon filter. I'm not too sure how many of the lesser magnitude stars it would mask, but it might help dim them just enough to help you get your bearings.

[Tim]

or sunglasses 8)

[Whippy]

Or false (buck) teeth

[Tim]

I suppose, in reality, if we were wearing glasses to darken the stars, they should be called "sunSglasses"

[ngc2403]

Following Talitha's lead and being abit forgetful with names i would have to say that i could find Messier's with my fingers crossed,

1,3,13,15,27,29,31,32,33,35,39,42,43,44,45,49,51,52,53,57,58,59,60,61,63,64,65,66,74,81,82,84,86,

87,88,89,90,91,92,95,96,97,101,103,105,108,109,110

seems like alot but their is alot of galaxies in there and they tend to come in groups so i if you can find one the rest will follow,

their were others like the galaxy M106 i think i found it but not sure?

All of the open clusters in the milky way, i don't look at them so didn't include but am sure with practice i could add them to the list too,

P.s. i did find 30 messiers in one night at a dark sky without a chart cos my lappy run out of battery and i didn't want to waste the chance to use a 12'' dob with good collimation