It's a faint round blob in binoculars and the stars are just resolvable in a telescope under the light
polluted skies we view it under in Wellington, it is partially obscured by the dust from the Milky Way.
Having come from the dense suburbs of the Northeast US, growing up under a light
polluted sky and now living so close to dark
sky views here in Oregon, I feel grateful to know that the
views of the stars are still possible.