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Take sweep through the Coma cluster if you have time. The conditions were probably better than you thought if you were using the Milky Way as an indicator... the winter Milky Way is relatively faint compared to summer, and would have already been relatively low by the time you had total darkness, whereas the summer Milky Way will not have risen yet and the spring Milky Way is out of view to the south for us Northern Hemisphere viewersThanks for your post. It lies at the heart of Virgo, around 7.5° east of the bright star Porrima (Gamma Virginis).
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The section of the Virgo Cluster is called Markarian's Chain is anchored by two giant elliptical galaxies, seen on the right; M84 at the far right and M86 is the next big bright galaxy, the small bright one below them is NGC 4388, just brighter than mag 12.Above is NGC 4402 at mag 12.8. Each excursion adds a layer of familiarity to that area of the sky.
Sounds pretty cool way to find things fast.I would go with the Q-70.. What is more difficult is identifying what it is that you've found.I agree, skip the SCT and the zoom and use the 8" Dob. You will need all light gathering power you can get. defaultImage: '', sourceURL:'/catalog/community_content_viewer_placeholder.jsp?productId=106802&isPDP=', (If you have compared with an 8" dob of course I'd love to hear that as well). I also came across the "Butterfly Galaxies" Also thanks to the others in this thread, last night I had another go and looked at the Whale, amazingly big, and the NGC's listed. With an even larger telescope even more galaxies will come forth, but an 8-inch will show the best and brightest throughout the Virgo Cluster. Anything beyond that would be gravy.
For next time, a 2x Barlow for your 32mm Q70 would give you a nice 16mm (equivalent) wide field eyepiece. Obviously a battery problem not a scope problem, but still.... My plan right now with the 6SE is to use it as my main backyard scope due to the goto being useful as star hopping is tough there, and I have picked up the AC adapter for it so will not have any battery issues. However, I really do not have any wide AFOV eyepieces except the Meade SWA 5.5 mm (which is narrower due to the high mag) and a 32 mm Q70 - but that may be too low in magnification(?) {"closeOnBackgroundClick":true,"bindings":{"bind0":{"fn":"function(){$.fnProxy(arguments,\'#headerOverlay\',OverlayWidget.show,\'OverlayWidget.show\');}","type":"quicklookselected","element":".ql-thumbnail .Quicklook .trigger"}},"effectOnShowSpeed":"1200","dragByBody":false,"dragByHandle":true,"effectOnHide":"fade","effectOnShow":"fade","cssSelector":"ql-thumbnail","effectOnHideSpeed":"1200","allowOffScreenOverlay":false,"effectOnShowOptions":"{}","effectOnHideOptions":"{}","widgetClass":"OverlayWidget","captureClicks":true,"onScreenPadding":10} I'm working up my list (thanks to all the posters) and keeping my eye on the weather forecast. My targets list is: M49, M87, M60, M84, M86 in the Virgo cluster, and may also try for the Leo triplett, M104 (Sombrero galaxy), and M64 (blackeye galaxy). Obviously a battery problem not a scope problem, but still.... My plan right now with the 6SE is to use it as my main backyard scope due to the goto being useful as star hopping is tough there, and I have picked up the AC adapter for it so will not have any battery issues. M104 is always incredible with its easy to see dark lane.Wow, the Butterfly galaxies looks really cool, have to check that one out.
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} In fact, this is one of those rare cases where smaller is better - this part of the sky is so chock full of galaxies that a smaller telescope makes it easier to identify what you're looking at, because the hundreds of dimmer ones do not easily show up. And, to answer your earlier question, the 32mm is probably a lower power than you might want but it's still very useable, especially if you can find a legitimately dark sky site.Achernar mentioned NGC4565 in Coma Berenices...that is an absolute jewel...edge-on with a nice dust lane.