Thanks Alex, I very much appreciate you sharing what you’ve learnt over the years.
I only became aware of transparency after reading some of your comments about the homonculus in carina. I’m getting better at gauging it based on what I can observe. It’s really interesting how objects that were difficult when I first got the dob are becoming much easier. I think I’m still in the initial phase of quick learning where observations skills progress fast. It’s been very satisfying
Also I finely got to the point where I can reliably collimate the scope to good enough (still some light flaring though) but will confirm that at the Gipssland star party in March. So I can now focus a bit more on my observations skills.
Thanks again
PS: sounds like I should spend some time with Trumpler 14 too
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