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Originally Posted by jungle11
By the way, should the crab be easily picked out? I found two planetary nebula, and yet saw no trace of it?
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Hi Greg,
M1 should be picked out relatively easily once you know exactly where to look and you go to a dark sight. Surprisingly though, the first time I tried to find it I could pick it out in my 15 X 70 bino's but had trouble with my 10" dob (go figure)
. This was from skies at home about mag 5.5. I then went to a mag 6 site not far from town and it was quite easy to find in comparison. Maybe it is a bit fainter than you think as it is more spread out than the other PNs that you observed.
Just keep on trying, I'm sure you will find it.
Cheers