Nebula and clusters under very dark skies

[jetstream]

Tonite was the darkest of the season so far & with good seeing.The Milky Way was bright,with structure & many of the brighter Dso were visible naked eye.I bagged a couple of new DSO,NGC 6940 and surprisingly enough I picked up the North American nebula,with the OIII .The Veil was vivid tonite,with both visible,plus a piece of the triangle again.Awesome,even saw more detail on it,including the split in the broom with direct vision-clearly.My plan for the NA neb worked,I just searched for the edge....and found it-I saw where it hooked around-the edge was clearly visible,but if you tried to look at it without starting at an edge-like I did b4,very difficult.I had a list tonite,but I failed to spot a lot of them,the sky is twisting around now,I need to learn more stars & constellations,ie.Aldermin......I saw a couple new clusters,but no idea what they were....M31 tonite was unreal,huge bright & it was kinda "drowning out" M32,M110 was great as was M33.Tired now,but had a lot of fun.

[Uplooker]

Hi jetstream,

That's a great report. It sounds like you had a great time. I am impressed that you saw the NA neb and veil. There is very little chance of that from my location. Thanks for posting.

Ian

[cotterless45]

Superb, easiest way forward is to list and view constellations one at a time. It's a good way to recognise what's around month by month and where the targets are. For that you can't beat dark and

clear skies,

Nick.

[PeterW]

.... Or good transparency and some technology and filters to improve the signal to noise ratio. I love the way the NAM hangs there with the pelican and the little horizontal bar of nebulosity below them.

Finding new stuff is always great!

PeterW

[John]

Great report Gerry

The Veil is a fantastic object I reckon - I never tire of viewing it. Even better under dark skies of course !