Re: finding the ring nebula

On Sep 3, 10:30 am, AstroSketc...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Sep 2, 7:49 pm, brucegooglegroups <brucegooglegro...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



Thanks for your replies. My scope is a 4.5 Dob. I first used 37X and
then 90x.

Hi Bruce,
Keep trying and sooner or later you'll succeed with the Ring Nebula.
Laura's advice concerning a decent star atlas is good (though I'm not
familiar with the one she recommended)...

Probably because I saw "Pocket" on the cover and typed "Personal". :-)

It's Sky & Telescope's new atlas, and it's very nice indeed.
It started as an attempt to capture what makes Sky Atlas 2000
so wonderful, but in a more portable package.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Non sequitur. Your ACKs are
Grid: CN89mg uncoordinated."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Nomad the Network Engineer

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