Re: finding a galaxy

Eric wrote: 
Robert Sheaffer wrote:


If you download the free Windows software RTGUI (www.rtgui.com), you can
tell it to search for a "Galaxy" at least 30 degrees up, and brighter
than magnitude 9. It will give you all such objects for your location
and time, one after another.

Or, you can just press "best of the sky", and the program will recommend
objects to look at.

  Robert


Sam Wormley wrote:


Eric wrote:

I dont have much of a scope, just a Celestron 114gt. I've had fun with
it but never seen anything other than planets (and of course the moon).
so the other night i set out to see a galaxy, nebula anything other
than the planets.


  Try some of these Eric
    http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/catalogues/messier.html


Maybe I can install that on my wife's machine - (I'm a linux guy) I'll try
it out and see how I do with it.
Thanks
Eric


  You should put XEphem on your Linux machine!  :-)
    http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/

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