Being US based is not an issue. Most of these sites are based for people
living between Lat. 25 and Lat. 50. You need to look for things visible
from around Lat. 50.

You can down load a couple of free programs that might help. Cartes du
Ciel, and Stellarium can be set to your Latitude and will show you what
is up in the sky and then you can go out and observe.

One ting to keep in mind, is that the 4.5 in scope you have won't give
you the brightest images, but it is more than serviceable for most
applications.

Some things to look at now for you:

M44 the Beehive in Cancer
M57
Alberieo in Cygnus (a nice double star)
M31 (a nice bright galaxy best seen from a dark spot)
M51
M101
M81 & 82
M13


Just to name a few.

Craig

In article . com,
says...
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.

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



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