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I shudder to think what IC 1613 is like. Have not tried it.

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A dark sky is the key. Here is my log from November 2004 from our club's dark sky site using the 20-inch with a 22mm Nagler giving 114x and 42' field of view.

"Detect a distinct glow w/direct vision, but adverted vision brings out a huge amount of more detail. Larger than expected, spread out over a large area with a dark gap about a 1/3 of the way in from the east side. Round shape with no bright core. A quite bright star is a galaxy width to the N. 2 equally faint stars lie just off the west edge and just within the SW edge of the galaxy. 2 faint stars are embedded on the NE edge. A more mottled area is on the easterly side separated from the galaxy."

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Scott Kranz
20-inch f/4.3 Starmaster w/Zambuto mirror, Feathertouch focuser, GO TO & tracking
7-inch Starmaster
H-alpha Coronado PST
Denkmeier II binoviewers w/24mm Panoptics
16x80 binos
Astronomical Society of Kansas City
Astronomical League Messier, Meteor, Sunspotter, & Asteroid Observing Programs Coordinator

ASKC Dark Sky Site

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