MrTreyLynch Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 What should M1 look like through an Orion 10 inch reflector with a 10mm eyepiece? Good dark skies here btw but it seems like the fuzziest fuzz ball in the cosmos! So dim lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRNunes Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Great question! But, just so you know (and so you don't get discouraged), I have yet to even SEE it through my 'scope (fuzzy or not), and am awaiting an opportunity to visit a dark sky site to do so. Keep the faith, and clear (and dark) skies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTreyLynch Posted March 17, 2012 Author Share Posted March 17, 2012 Really!? That stinks I hate the USA but I just keep my eyes facing up. Probably the only thing we have going for us lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Q Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I have seen the Crab in fairly dark skies with a 4" newt and years later with a 10" newt and with the 10", it looks rather small, fairly bright and with just a hint of structure details with medium power. It does need fairly dark sky to observe (limiting mag. near the zenith of at least 4th mag.) and being only one LP field from a bright star, its easy to find,though many observers in the U.K. have trouble finding and observing it, here in the U.S. it seems a lot easier to observe for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saleratus Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The crab nebula is not a dramatic object visually unless you have a monster scope. It's basically a dim fuzzball.You would think that Messier might have chosen something more dramatic to be M1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I have just recently read a revue of the new Konus Digimax 130, which included a sighting of the illusive Crab at some 300X, I have seen it described as something like a smudgy Grey thumb print Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd8137 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 it is dim but takes power rather well any LP will kill it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glowjet Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The crab nebula is not a dramatic object visually unless you have a monster scope. It's basically a dim fuzzball.You would think that Messier might have chosen something more dramatic to be M1.Strangely enough this same subject cropped up in some other threads a few days ago, it would seem by all accounts that Messier may have had a different view of the Crab than we do now, as it is thought that it was many time brighter, some 200 years ago, than it is at present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulb3098 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Managed to see it in February this year for the first time, using my 10" SW, best view was with a 16mm EP and LP filter. Made the note "Large fuzzy patch" but hey it's still the M1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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