Welcome to the new year members, as Tassie has been very cloudy for the last few months there has been little opportunity to get out there amongst the stars. I have only had an hour of twilight observing over the last few nights (21st and 22nd) as a result of the full moon rise washing things out quite quickly, however I have been able to look at a few of the brighter nebula in the early eve and have noticed a bright orange halo around Eta Carina. I do not recall seeing this dramatic effect in the past and was wondering if anyone out there has had the same experience? I have a parracor and used a 20mm nagler a 13mm ethos and 9mm nagler on my 17.5 dob all ep's have shown the same result. I have laser collumated each night and just recently cleaned both mirrors, the scope is working beautifully. Is this a new thing happening, I am really hoping so? I look forward to some feedback, cheers Graham
