Late this time. Anyway like they say better late than never. I have observed this object many times and I have had the best views at low power with all my fast scopes (and my 15x70's). The nebula filter (my Lumicon UHC) greatly enhances this object. I tend to agree with O'Meara that it looks more like casper the lil' ghost rather than an eagle but as they say different people see different things. The nebulosity is a little bit harder without a filter but the cluster is prettier without it. I have made a sketch but I don't think I have scanned it yet. Will upload when I do.
Darren
|