Andrew Cooper
Aug 12, 2017    Waikoloa, HI (map)
Hodgepodge w/TV-76mm f/6 APO @ 30x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Large, dark, easy to find at low power, darker and more defined to the northwest, trails off to the southeast in filaments and clumps

Andrew Cooper
Aug 30, 2008    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
76mm APO @ 14x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7.5 Moon: 0%

Large, 2°x2°, modestly dark with many stars showing in region, very distinct north edge but much less distinct to the south

E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph

Large dark area, 1 3/4° NW and SE, about 30' wide. This dark area is almost elliptical in form. It is sharply defined on its north and northwest sides, but is diffused to the south, and elsewhere. There is a heavy sprinkling of small stars all over it."

― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927

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