On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 23:15:38 -0000 (UTC), Mike Collins
wrote:
I just found it again from my back yard. Not perfect seeing. I can
just
make out the Milky Way but only one star in the bowl of USA minor is
visible.

Aren't you confusing seeing with transparency? Even with horrible
seeing the Milky Way will be easily visible if only the transparency
is good and the sky is dark.