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G'day Raymo,
I'm suprised you could't resolve even the very slightest trace of this reflection neb. I had my doubts too when I had a go of this last year as a first attempt(actually second - the first time had the perfect site at Lake Tyres, Vic coast and stuffed it up - bad polar alignment with too many stars to pick from confusing me with Octans shape)
I snapped this at Steels Creek using a Canon Telephoto 90-300 Lens.
Sky that night was clear but Orion was setting well over to the west and not the best position given Melbourne's skyglow just in sight blurring it out. None the less with heaps of shots managed to get something to show up.
It should be easy enough to frame with bright Rigel helping with your pointing. Try and re-shoot it with Rigel in the frame - you should get her.
PS I used high ISO to resolve it. All stuff I'm sure you already know of course...
Anth
Last edited by Anth10; 25-10-2018 at 11:43 PM.
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