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Originally Posted by pgc hunter
Great to see your obs reports here! Ever since Melbourne became cloud yet again, the influx of reports suddenly stopped and visual observers disappeared off the face of the planet 
I've seen Jupiter about 5 times this season, but still haven't caught the red spot  What are the odds of that!
Did you use a filter for the Horsehead? A UHC helps but H-beta is best, an 8" from a dark sky should catch it. The UHC won't work on the nebulosity around the Pleiades as it's a reflection nebula and not actually emitting any of the spectral lines that such filters isolate.
cheers |
those where just joke parts of the post.Sab I have been observing for twenty five years with the last twenty here at Cambroon.
I have seen the horse head on a number of occassions without any sort of filter in both my 8" and my 16" scopes.
I made this a light hearted observing report
