CHR15 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Hi, Just lately if it's clear outside, I'll go and set up my telescope. I'm ill prepared so I'll mostly look at the same targets over and over again. I need to make a list of some targets to try and search out. Do you find lists online or make your own? What are some good targets to search for? Currently I've done Andromeda, the ring nebula, Hercules cluster, E.T cluster, double cluster, pinwheel galaxy (by doing e.a.a), Albireo and the double double in Lyra. I've done the moon, Saturn and Jupiter and its moons. Any tips on this planning phase will be much appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zermelo Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Have a look here: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zermelo Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Some more: https://www.cambridge.org/turnleft/tables https://www.astroleague.org/observing.html https://telescopius.com/ https://tonightssky.com/MainPage.php https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/43881-object-list-indexed-by-constellation/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratlet Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 The Royal Astronomy Society of Canada has some lists up. https://www.rasc.ca/certificate-programs I'm going to work through the finest NGC when I get some time without the full moon. They've got some YouTube videos up where they discuss the lists as well. For the time when the moon is about I'm going to work on double stars from Discovering Double Stars. Book 2 is possibly the better one for starting as it's displayed by constellation. https://discovering-astronomy.eu/discovering_doubles.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHR15 Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Thanks for the links. This will keep me busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosun21 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I am now 3/4 of my way through the Messier catalogue. It’s definitely improved my star hopping abilities. Give it a go yourself. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev100 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I made a couple of lists by constellation (Messier & Caldwell). i found them useful ... link 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy 67 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 SkySafari is very useful for lists 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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