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I can confirm I saw something strange myself and consulted the forums to check if anyone else had seen something. I was observing with an 8 inch dob from the Southern Highlands south west of Sydney around 7pm local AEST.
I saw this strange nebulosity with the naked eye located approximately 2 degrees north west of star Pi Hydra. I used an Eyepiece with 46x magnification. I observed a bright central plume surrounded by a ring of more nebulosity in one section branching off. It was a large structure about the size of the small Magellanic cloud.
Thank you for posting, I was curious what I was observing. Hopefully my observations make some sense regarding the launch orbit.
Thank you
Orestis
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