bright NGC this month??

Any ideas for viewing some interesting NGC objects within the grasp of a C11.. going to dark skies this week in Eastern OR. thanks for any suggestions.. John M

I suggest checking out Steve O'Meara's "Herschel 400 Observing Guide". It's organized by month, which makes it very useful for your type of question. Your C11 should be able to grab everything in the book in dark skies.

Here are a few of my favorites (some are in O'Meara and some aren't): NGC 6207 (Gx near M13); NGC 6231 (bright OC in the tail of Scorpius; may be too low for Oregon); Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, 6992, & 6996); NGC 6522+NGC 6528 (two adjacent GC that fit in one eyepiece field); Blue Snowball (NGC 7662); NGC 7006 (GC in Delphinus); Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009); and Helix Nebula (NGC 7293).

Also, don't forget the feast of wonderful Messier objects this time of year.

John Meiners said:Any ideas for viewing some interesting NGC objects

Dave Mitsky no longer posts his monthly lists, but you will find his list of deep-sky objects for August in his Astromart message # 672460 posted on August 1, 2009. It contains lots and lots of NGC objects that are currently in our skies!