Hi all,
Had to check up something through IIS on something I saw in Eta Carina through my 17.5" dob the other night.
In the brightest part of the nebula, there is the dark streak that makes the stark contrast to the bright wedge shape. Through the scope I saw three, maybe four protruberences snaking their way into the birght wedge. I'm I right in assuming these are four long bok globuals?
This link shows the four protruberences I saw, the frame is very much the same FOV as in my 15mm EP at 133X: From the dark dust lane running from the lower-middle of the pic up to the top-left corner, the four protruberences reach out into the brighter part of the nebula.
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/images/d2/02174.jpg
They really stood out with a nebula filter. Quite remarkable and unexpected. I'll look to make a sketch soon, hopefully.
Mental.