musrol

Thanks for all your replies...really useful to know all that. Just praying for clear skys so I can experiment with different EPs a bit more now.

I was looking at the Orion nebula through my new SkyWatcher 150PL and it looked fantastic. However I was wondering how you can see it in colour instead of black and white? Do some filters allow you to see more colour?

Being new to astronomy I also don't really understand why people reccomend looking at nebula through a relatively wide angle EP, why not an EP with the highest magnification so you can see it closer? I was looking at it with the supplied 10mm and X2 Barlow.

Sorry if these questions seem silly and thanks in advance