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Originally Posted by Dave47tuc
Craig, All,
Observing last night form southern Victoria with my scope and a friends 18" Obsession. We had a very nice night until cloud rolled in around 2am.
With many DSO seen you maybe interested I observed the Horse head in my 12" with a 17mm eyepiece and HB filter. We could see it easy in the 18" and I was very happy to see it in my 12". You did have to look hard and the little trick of just moving the field a bit. But once you eyes became adjusted to seeing something so dim you could see it fine.
So Craig you will be able to see it with your scope, but a dark sky and a HB filter will help a lot.
Happy hunting. 
Les D your article was very good in the AS&T  |
Nice! I observed it with my 12" also, few months ago using 13mm and 17mm eyepieces and a HB filter. Transparency was the best I've ever seen. That was probably the key as I live near Melbourne so my observing site isn't dark, but not severly light polluted either.
It was by no means easy, and as David says jiggling the scope helps, but it wasn't as hard as I expected it to be.