Eagle Eye can be excellent and is the first place I saw the Horsehead Nebula easily with my 14.5", with and without the UHB filter, and the Gegenschein too. I haven't seen the MW halo except from Grand Canyon in June (from the 'Pit'). Jack Jones Public Events Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix AZ spicastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.saguaroastro.org > Brent, > > While gegenschein is possible, on this night I was seeing Milky Way = > halo. > Steve saw it too, and scanning with 8x42 binos verified that I was not > imagining the starfields visible to the naked eye. Sure, I know the > Scorpius/Sagittarius/Ophiuchus Milky Way from photographs but never has = > it > been so obvious and extensive at 1x in the desert at reletively low = > (2000ft) > altitude. > > Matt -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.