Andrew Cooper
Jul 19, 2023    Oregon Star Party, Ochoco Mts, OR (map)
25cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Holoholo @ 42x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

The brightest region in a very rich galactic starfield laced with nebulosity and dark voids, an oval area with brighter glow about 20' x 10' brightest on the northern margin, punctuated by a scattering of 7th to 8th magnitude stars, best viewed with the assistance of a nebula filter such as the Skyglow

Andrew Cooper
Nov 5, 2021    Kaʻohe, Mauna Kea, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 95x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Large, faint, difficult without the filter, with a skyglow filter the nebulosity is well defined, a 10' x 20' area running northeast-southwest, brightest along the nothern and western edge, seen amidst a rich galactic starfield

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