Major OMG moment

[Angelika]

Tonite is a beautiful clear dark night and so out I went to do a little universe sight seeing. I recently bought two filters for nebula viewing and I wanted to try them out. I started in the Big Dipper. First place I found was M 108, edge-on galaxy. It looked exactly as Stellarium showed it would, except not quite as detailed. I was quite pleased with the find non the less. It looked pretty impressive to me. Then on to the Owl nebula, using the OIII filter. It was pretty cool, I wasn't sure if I was seeing the eyes, but I think I'll go with yes . I was waiting for the Big Dipper to get a bit higher in the sky so I could find the Whirlpool galaxy (I have alot of trees in my neighborhood) so in the meantime I swung east and got a magnificient view of Orion. Well since I was in that neighborhood I thought I should take a peek at the Orion Nebula. I think my jaw hit the deck. All I could say, and I did say it out loud, was Oh my God. That is spectacular, it just blew me away. I just gazed at it for quite some time. This by itself makes cold toes and fingers definately worth while. Now that I'm warmed up, I think I'll mosey on out again and watch the meteor shower. I hope you all had as good an evening as I've had.

[callisto]

Sounds like you have lovely skies over there

[CGolder]

Indeed, sounds look you had a cracking night

[noakesy]

well done buddy cloudy here ,

[swamp thing]

Hi

Every year my first observation of the Orion nebula is exactly like that.

I always wait until it has reached a decent altitude the first time I observe it for the season.

Regards Steve

[MontyUK]

Which filters did you buy?

[Angelika]

Which filters did you buy?

I have an OIII filter and a UHC filter

[austen4]

wow im hoping to see the Orion Nebula sometime this week. Really looking forward to it and this has made me want to see it more !

Austen

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

I've been avoiding it with my binos, so that my first viewing will be through a scope. It's tough though, i won't have a scope for months yet

[faulksy]

i cant wait to see it as well with my cpc 9.25, have only viewed it through a 6" before that was good should be quite a different beast going on other nebulas i have seen through this.have read a lot of good reports about uhc filters i think this is next on the list

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

M42 gives OMG moments no matter how many times you see it. It is just wonderful.

[umadog]

Go ahead and look at it through binos. It will look pretty different through a scope, anyway.

[che guevara]

Cant wait for the Orian Nebula to get up in the sky a bit earlier, not long now

[todd8137]

i shall refrain for a few weeks yet its just to late for me