hi there orion is back again and as nice as ever i tried to get a few snaps to make a short animation but the dew and cold froze me,and dewed up the lens on the camera,but its soon to be a evening planet i have a bade 0III filter for nebs its great in the 12"reflector and good for use when take in pics,its no good in the 90mm frac tho bit of a over kill

hi, yeah i managed to see it other night, just above houses here in York, it was rising about 9 pm in east, Betelgeuse was flickering all colors. better view in 15x70 bins than scope, nice to see orion again.

I'm curious to see it through my ST80, recent nights have not been so good seeing but tonight might be OK.

I have been pleasantly surprised just how much of the nebula is visible even when standing close to the street lights in the village, providing the house security lights are not on it is almost as good as from up the garden.