tha swan turns into the ugly duckling...
date: 3.8.05
time: bout 10om
EP: 15mm GSO SV
seeing: 3/10 (crappy)
I have viewed this object from both a dark site (linden) and my own backyard before, each time showing a wealth of detail... tonoight however the swans neck all but disapeared! viewed thru last nights hazy suckerhole the nebula became patchy and almost unrecognisable. while the body of the said swan remained intact the neck was but a patchy whisp and the head a unrecognisable blob. I have used this exact same EP to show great detail with and without a filter... shame really cause its normally spectacular.
Any how this was my 3rd challenge object for the night. I spent another 15-20 mins cruising around above the crux looking for 6189 (without a chart) and not finding anything, but i expected that and looking for the helix... which also was not found. I put it all down to exceptionally bad seeing.
oh well, next time.