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I have the correct
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Needless to say it was a pristine dark sky location......when you can get away to one it is so worth it it can almost be a life-changing experience!
Also, congratulations on attaining today's
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My mentor who has been doing astronomy for 30 years is pretty sure i saw it too. Ohio skies are not known for being great for astronomy, but occasionally we get a night that is very clear and very dark. I am fortunate that i live a fair distance from any major city so i dont have a ton of light pollution to deal with, mostly just some security lamps and a bit of sky glow from the smaller cities 8 to 15 miles away. So as far as Ohio goes, i am about as dark as it gets.helicon wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:18 pm Thanks for the report Mike. Pretty sure you saw it. I never came close to seeing it in my 10" Dob at home but did, oddly enough, spot it in my 15x70 Celestron Skymasters as a tiny dark bay against a slightly brighter background, just on the other side of the Flame Nebula, which was obvious, bright, and highly structured.
Needless to say it was a pristine dark sky location......when you can get away to one it is so worth it it can almost be a life-changing experience!
Also, congratulations on attaining today's VROD! Seeing the HH surely warrants that!
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Horse head is not visible from my observing locations. So I haven't seen it yet. It is great that you did! Thanks for your report!
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