Congratulations on your first obs report, Paul. I hope it's the first of many. Seems a pretty good description of the Homunculus nebula to me for someone observing through light pollution. And lovely to hear of your experience with M42 and Saturn.
I'm also someone who's had a pretty poor history with a pencil, but have found sketching DSOs an excellent way to improve my observing powers, so I hope you follow up on your very accurate sketch of the trapezium with some more.
Looking forward to more!
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