faintly in averted vision! It was ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY THERE! Right next to another star very close to it
near the 3rd star from mirach
Almost lost track of where things were because so many stars were visible. and getting brighter. it was ABSOLUTELY JAWDROPPING
Orion nebula was almost but not quite visible in averted vision
I also saw double cluster averted vision naked eye very faintly
And pleiades had at LEAST 8 maybe 9 stars distinctly visible in it!
I'm so stoked!!
What
Faintest star visible may of been very close to magnitude 5
I also took a mere TEN FRAMES of orion nebula/belt at 50mm F1.8 iso 1600. 4 second exposures
and got THIS RESULT! absolutely amazing! Normally it takes upwards of 100 photos minimum to see a vague indication of flame nebula!
Also in my telescope orion nebula looked amazing. in my small 70mm refractor scope. at about 30-40x magnification The UHC filter I have actually made a difference this time! orion nebula looked significantly brighter averted-vision very incredible!
i could see the wings of orion too with averted vision. and it looked really good. still no fine details but better than ever
Ive never been able to see andromeda before.
Any idea why the sky would suddenly be insanely clear? there doesnt seem to be any power outages in the area.
And the moon is even up in a thin crescent phase right now too.
Ive never seen the night sky so clear before. even with the clouds