Thanks all. One of those nights when you really feel that astronomy is a truly great hobby!
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Originally Posted by pgc hunter
With large, low sfc brightness galaxies (and nebulosity) like that, the key is dark skies, not aperture.
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How true pgc, dark skies are everything. However, given dark skies, a bit of aperture doesn't hurt!
It was good to have the 10" available to check observations. Some time ago we did a similar thing, checking a series of faint globular cluster observations in the 4.5" against a larger scope. Great fun!
Must admit I was a bit surprised how easy B'sG was to pick up. The other time I saw it I had to work for a considerable time to draw it out. It was a few years ago, so maybe I'm getting better at it, or maybe it imprints on your brain. Or maybe both.
I suspect the skies were at least as good if not better last time.
Cheers -