[Chaos-l] First objects?

[Robert Nielsen]

Michael,

Depending on how things go, I'll probably make it out to Farrington 
Wednesday night.   I've got a couple of 2-inch eyepieces that might work 
pretty well with the new scope.

In particular, I'd like to try out the Whirlpool Galaxy and the Pinwheel 
Galaxy through your scope.   My 10-inch just barely showed M51 last time 
I was out there.   Your 18-inch should do a lot better ... but I guess 
it depends on the overall sky conditions, etc.    And while the seeing 
might not be that great, I would add Saturn to the list Jon proposed ... 
as well as M3 if you can stay at Farrington that long (best *after* 11 PM).

Robert

Michael Hrivnak wrote:
> I've never owned anything near this big, and I don't know the spring 
> sky.  I do own both volumes of The Night Sky Observer's Guide, and I 
> can star-hop to new objects pretty well.
>
> What objects should I look at first?  The seeing will probably be 
> average at best.  Imagine you've only been into astronomy for 9 
> months, and you've thus far viewed primarily through an 8" budget 
> dob.  Now you have 5 times the light gathering power, and so much to 
> see!  Where to begin?
>
> Thanks for your suggestions,
> Michael
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