Best view of the whole HII region was always with my small 4" f/4 + Hß. Combined with the 17mm Ethos (4mm AP, 4° field, 26x) the N-S lane of IC 434 was always a beauty to look at.
With bigger aperture a tried the region around B33 to see how many detail was visible with 27". I remember a very interesting observation with lots of surprises.
27", 113x-172x, Hß, NELM 6m5+ (Alpine location with very good transparency)
For the next nebula - NGC 2024 I drove to La Palma (28,7°N) and uses the 20" Obsession Dobson with LOMO Sitall optics. The seeing was very bad so that I missed the very fine detail but the transparency was very good.
20", 132x, no filter, NELM 7m+
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