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Old 01-02-2019, 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by gary View Post
Hi Rob,

It is seen even in an 8" as a small peanut shaped object.

To see the filaments within the Homunculus, something like an 18"
or 20" readily does it under magnification and with good seeing.

It really does look angry.
I saw it in 2016 with a C14 on a star party and thought it was an optical flaw, but it is real. Then I looked it up with my much fainter ED110 but could still see it very faint.
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