Dark Doodad in Musca

[Allan]

I noticed a couple of nights ago I could see the Dark Doodad naked eye. I was at my Astro property which has nice skies, but I was surprised to see it. I haven't consciously looked for it before naked eye, and I don't know how most people rate the difficulty of seeing it, but it's something I will keep in mind in the future.

[goober]

Cool - not sure I've ever seen it naked eye. Musca is my go-to constellation when evaluating the conditions on any given night.

[Allan]

Yes I like Musca as well. It's easily identified in a good spot in the sky, and has several nice deep sky objects.

[Weltevreden SA]

Hi Allan,

I've seen the DD many times from my dark site in the Karoo (equiv. to your outback). It's when I don't see it that I think twice about lugging that heavy scope outside.

=Dana in S Africa