[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

Thanks a lot Mike. I guess that the diffuse glow could either be dim reflection nebula or galactic cirrus. Since it seems to be moderately well correlated with the bright stars in the cluster and even appears to take on a little of their colour, I concluded that it was probably local reflection nebula (as Mike pointed out, it looks a bit like the Pleiades). However, it could well be much deeper galactic cirrus and the local scattering could be in my scope - I have no way of knowing and would welcome opinions.

regards Ray

Does it show in Rolfs?