First off I have not commented on this fine Forum for ages and that is 'my bad'. Too many other diversions, no good excuse.

Only logged observation was in my 18" starmaster f3.7 from Lake Sonoma, a central CA site that Steve likes a lot but is very far for me in terms of driving. Here is my note from 8-15-2009 in a 21.5 sqm sky with fairly good seeing but not excellent seeing.

2.5-3' len 2EL 160dPA Core appears EW elongated. Showed to mam. 5mmTakLe splits a tight 7" double just to E. Some brightness off to SW side.


I don't quite understand MegaStar saying PA is 7 but I think I was describing the PA of the obvious glow of central bar.