I did that the other week when we had clear skies in se qld ... your tip with Omega Centauri. at the time I just thought me eyes were fooling me but reading your post Alexander I realised I saw what I saw. thanks, I should have clear skies again soon to retry.
like you said, they just pop into thousands of stars and then if ya move your eye to focus, it becomes mush again. I still remember that even after a few too many long necks lol
I'm sure after I saw that I tried hunting Centaurus A ... but with no luck (I'm using a 114/900 reflector) ... I did see something faint ... but I'm sure I was looking for it instead of my eyes finding it with averted vision, which feels kinda funny. would the same 5 second technique work for those kind of objects? sorry I didn't mean to hiijack the thread. I should just save up and buy a dob and explore