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Originally Posted by MattyD
Oh a question if I may! Can another find with any ease NGC 2070 (I think it's the tarantula Neb) in the Large Magellanic Cloud. I know where it is, but even my skies about 20km SW of Sydney are often too light polluted, and ive had probs making out the MC's through the scope. The irony is that some nights i can see them with the naked eye (esp early morning). When I look at them through my 32mm I can't make out the detail.
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I have great southern skys ie dark, but seeing will also affect it. Sometimes I lose eta carina because there are so many stars. Other times it stands out.
Thru the scope, sometimes the mag clouds are not visible, other times they fill the 30mm 80 degree ultrawide with nebs and stars.
When I first started, I was shocking at finding stuff. Don't underestimate reptitive viewing on the brain. If you spent the next 2 viewing sessions around a certain area, it is amazing what your brain remembers. You may not have purposely looked at a certain group of stars, but next time you venture near that area, you recognise it and finding things like ngc2070 is easy.
Keep at it.