On 23 Sep 2003 21:12:20 -0700, (Coppy
Littlehouse) wrote:

Walter Scott Houston reports that he used an OIII filter naked eye to
view the California Nebula, on page 34 of Deep-Sky Wonders. He did it
from the dark skies of Mexico, in the winter.

I've used a narrowband nebula filter to view the North America nebula
naked eye from even somewhat light polluted skies.

That's not as impressive as seeing the California Nebula, of course.


Paul Below
Battle Point Astronomical Association
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
http://bainbridgeisland.org/ritchieobs/