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first time here.
#4629 - 07/15/03 12:22 PM

hi,
greetings to u all. my name's mayur,and i live in india.
at presnt astronomy is close , due to monsoon . but i can hardly wait to get the season started in early october.
me and my friends do our work with a 10 inch reflector,and planning to go 4 deep sky objects, as we completed the messier list last season..
so i believe u experienced people might come to some help in our quest in deep sky hunting.
which next deep sky list i should go for? plz tell me.
thanx.

love,

mayur.

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#4631 - 07/15/03 12:42 PM

Welcome to the forum.

Well, if you have finished the Messier catalog start on the NGC catalog. That will keep you busy for some time.

Me? I just skip around and look at everything that is in the same general area. M-, NGC, IC, you name it. If it's on the chart, I'm liable to point the scope at it.

I fear not the 13th magnitude object. Even if I can't always see 'em.

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#4633 - 07/15/03 01:23 PM

Howdy Mayur

If you have finished the Messiers, you may want to shoot for the Herschel 400:

http://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/herschel/hers400.html
or
http://messier45.com/listgen/h400.html

The RASC finest NGC:

http://www.edmontonrasc.com/finengc.html

Or maybe the 100 Best Non-Messier from SAA:

http://www.astronomyboy.com/saa/

There are a host of other catalogs at http://www.seds.org and http://www.astroleague.org as well.

Tom T.

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#4634 - 07/15/03 01:53 PM

mayur, what part of india? i was in delhi for a week last year in may for a wedding. really, undesirable, hot, muggy, and hazy. i hope you're not too close to one of the big, hazy cities.

the skies over delhi were horrible. the moon was 'green' however.

ds

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#4637 - 07/15/03 06:38 PM

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The moon was 'green' however.

Somehow that doesn't sound like a good thing.

Remind me not to book any vacation time in Delhi.

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#4643 - 07/15/03 07:25 PM

What exactly does that mean?? Actually the color green?? Why?

Tom T.

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