[pgc hunter]

Originally Posted by astroron

Suzy, when I first got the 8" SCT twenty years ago,the GRS was very prominent but today even with reasonable magnification in the "16 it can be a very elusive target
Last night I only caught it for a little while in between the clouds and sometime reasonable seeing it was not an easy target
The lack of the SEB did make it easier but not that much
Not much chance of any observing tonight by the look of this cloudy sky
Cheers

elusive is the word! In my 12" at 256x it is not prominent at all, while a decade ago in my 4.5" newt at 100x it was more obvious. It has certainly faded.

Clear here for the second night in a row and clear weather forecast for the next several days but I'm going to the hospital tomorrow so no obs