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zwhzjh
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Reged: 06/26/06
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I just finished all the objects in the Messier catalog last weekend. Do you have any suggestion on the further deep sky object observation after this? Thanks.
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jhors
Riddle me this
Reged: 07/16/07
Posts: 737
Loc: Tempe, AZ
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Congratulations for completing the Messiers!
Any of these lists or a combination of all of them would seem like the logical next step:
Caldwell Catalog
RASC's Finest of the NGC
Herschel 400
The Saguaro Astronomy Club has a great number of lists to complete as well, including their version of the Best of the NGC (which substitutes some of RASC's list with some objects lower in declination).
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Florence Junction:
Antenna:
10" Dob
10 x 50 Bino's
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars -Walt Whitman
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Mr. Bill
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 02/09/05
Posts: 2759
Loc: Just passing through.....
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Try the B (dark nebulae) objects in the MW......
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10x50 Fujinon FMT-SX binos
15x70 AP binos + Paragon p-mount
Oberwerk 100BT 45 degree + Hercules fork mount
120mm f/5 Orion achromat + Moonlite focuser
140mm f/5.7 Vixen NeoAchro Petzvel refractor
150mm f/6.5 Antares achromat
150mm f/8 homemade achromat....EE Barnard MW Sweeper
8 inch newt with f/5 Swayze mirror
10 inch f/4.7 Orion newt + Paracorr
15 inch f/5 Discovery split tube
35mm Pan, 26mm Nagler, 17mm Nagler, 13mm Ethos, 8mm Ethos
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HfxObserver
professor emeritus
Reged: 11/12/04
Posts: 624
Loc: Waterloo ON, Canada
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Try the Sharpless Catalog there are some really neat ones just at the meridian these nights down in Scorpius.
Don:t get too hung up on lists, as Mr. Bill points out the Barnard objects are fantastic but usually don:t make lists. Maybe try observing in and near the Messiers you already hunted. Once you see the 2 dark nebulae over M24 it never looks the same, there:s also a nice NGC object in there. Next to M4 there:s a nice NGC and dark neb north of Antares under a dark sky.
-Chris
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Chris
7X50 Vixen,22X100 Antares
80mm William Optics Megrez II ED
Santel MK6
Borg 125SD f6 (Pentax/Oasis version)
Tak-Lapides
Pentax XW's 40,20,14,10,3.5 3.8XP, Speers 5-8, 30mm Widescan III
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stevek
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 04/16/06
Posts: 1229
Loc: west michigan
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While my eyes are adjusting early in the eve of viwing I play with the Messiers cuz they're cool and easy. Then I tend to expand to the local brighter NGC and IC objects. A bunch of the pk - planetary nebs are pretty do-able too. A combo of S&T PSA, Stellarium, and CDC/Skychart are a big help in finding stuff and keeping viewing to specific sky areas. Congrats on finishing your Messier list. Clear skies...
Steve
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DSO 8" f6 DOB w/ 8x50 RACI & 2"Crayford
1958 Sears Discoverer 76mm Refractor
GSO SV 30mm 2",21mm Hyp,13mm Strat,BO/TMB ver2-6mm & 4mm
1.25"Filters: DGM-NPB, 25%ND
1.25" plossls: 25mm,20mm,15mm,9mm
Orion 2X Shorty Barlow
Garrett Gemini LW 11x56mm binocs
BTG-10 4.0mW green laser pointer
"What is that burning in the sky? Tell me y'all..." Jeff Beck/Jan Hammer
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SaberScorpX
Post Laureate
Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 4121
Loc: illinois, usa
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I've trimmed the overlap between several AL lists to create a compilation of 409 DSOs and doubles. There are a few judgement calls but it makes a pretty good collection for the beginner/intermediate observer.
PAC Alcor Lee Farrar has made it available as a pdf.
Concordiem Borealis
SJS
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Paul_R
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/05/05
Posts: 1648
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Great suggestions!
Two other DSO lists occur to me:
Orion Deep Map 600
and the
Bennett Catalog
The Deep Map 600 is a foldable map sold by Orion Telescopes, which is reportedly highly usable. The Bennett Catalog appeared in the July 2006 issue of Astronomy Magazine.
The underlined phrases above are links that will take you to web pages.
The first has links to 3 lists, for DSOs, double stars, and variables stars organized by constellation. You can copy and paste the objects lists into a spreadsheet. The second has information about the Bennett Catalog and downloadable spreadsheet files of the objects.
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