davlap wrote:
Hi,

Does anybody have a list of the best things that can be seen with a
(cheap) 4.5 inch reflector in UK skies now.

I would use the center pages (or nearly so) in Sky and Telescope
Ther's always a good discussion of the objects and how to find them.
At the end of a year you would have gone through a lot of astronomy.




We have seen the obvious (Saturn, Jupiter). Would like to see Messier
and other deep space nebulae, galaxies etc (have seen good M42). This
is mainly for my 9 year old son who wants to see impressive things
(me
too !).

Yes, we are star hoppers. I have searched around a lot on the
internet.
Those sites mostly give 'specials' around this month or are US based.

Regards