The free Windows program RTGUI (www.rtgui.com) has a "best of the sky"
button. After you tell it where you are, it reads the time (actual, or
some future time you might set it to), and gives a recommendation of the
"best" objects to look at in amateur telescopes: planets, M-objects, NGC
objects, and double stars. You can print this list to take out to the
field, or generate it in the field on your laptop.

The advantage is that it works not only in the U.S or the U.K., or for
any particular month, but generates a custom list based upon your
location and the time.

Robert Sheaffer

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.

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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