First time Orion Nebula

[Fordos Moon]

What a thrill! Spent a couple hours trying to capture Jupiter with my 200p dobsonian and Xbox cam with poor results so went to look at the Orion Nebula with the stock 25mm and my new 8mm BST from Alan.....and what a beautiful sight she was!!

The four crisp stars in the centre surrounded by an arc of green radiance cloaked by a deep black sky. I was blown away and beginning to think I need to invest in some serious equipment to capture such majesty.

Night Sky I love you!!

[Tom2012]

What a brilliant sight it was! I viewed it last night and just looked so good in front of that dark almost purple looking sky!

Well done with your find. The 200p is a brilliant scope!

Tom.

[Matt Scunthorpe]

Orion Nebula really is beautiful. The way it lights up in the EP is like nothing else i know.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

It is one of the most stunning sights ever. I first spotted it through a decent size scope some 33 years ago, and still return to it every time I have a chance. I can just sit glued to the EP for ages.

[KevUU]

Night Sky I love you!!

I got a bit of that magic back on Sunday night too - really perks you up doesn't it?

Oh, but I sense the dark side starting to pull on you, you'll be a full on imager before we know it

[DommyDevil18]

Orion Nebula is truly a lovely sight

[stuartjones]

When looking at the orion nebula with just a scope can you see the nebula and it's colors or do you use any filters?

Cheers stu

[Fordos Moon]

Without any filter I saw a beautiful rich green colour :-)

[Tom2012]

When looking at the orion nebula with just a scope can you see the nebula and it's colors or do you use any filters?

Cheers stu

I don't use any filters (haven't got any! Hah) and I can see the shape, trapezium and shows as a green colour.

The brilliant images you see on here are from hours of long exposure, long editing hours and fine tuning to get that lovely picture!

The eye simply can't see that much detail in the dark. You can tease more detail out after looking for a good while.

Tom.

[stuartjones]

Thanks for getting back so quick, That's good to know i always thought you needed filters to see any of the nebula. I am just waiting for a part for my new scope and cloud permitting will go out and start on Orion Neb. By new scope has a 2" eyepiece holder and all my eyepieces are 1.25" so just waiting on the adapter to arrive will be next week now

But will be worth the wait

Thanks again

[WaveSoarer]

That's a great account Frodos Moon. It really is a spectacular sight.

[Fordos Moon]

Hey less of the Frodos I ain't no hobbit ;-)

[WaveSoarer]

Oops sorry.

[Fordos Moon]

Lol no worries you're not the first!

[smoothound54]

well done on grabbing that view

even in bins the O nebula is awesome - on good seeing I reckon its one of the few objects that look truly awesome at any magnification or FOV

the seeing was ace this morning too - just been looking at M3 (at about 0530 ish) - glorious pinpoint stars - like a pinch of diamond dust on blackest velvet

also worth a shufty if you happen to wake early

my intended target was saturn - but I found out that it does not clear the block of flats behind my house (by a gnats wisker) - gutted!!

next clear spell - I feel a dartmoor breakfast coming on

cheers

[Fordos Moon]

I need to get myself up in early hours at some point, not yet seen Saturn.

Only been doing thus game about 3 months = approx ten clear nights :-(

Good for my patience though and yep the views are always worth the wait!

[Double Kick Drum]

Without any filter I saw a beautiful rich green colour :-)

You must have better peepers than me. I get some green but wouldn't go so far as to say rich.

It is, however, a beautiful sight. Even with my 5 inch frac there is plenty of structure to see.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[Matt Scunthorpe]

I havent really noticed any colour in M42. But can't say i was looking for anything other than grey. I will have to have a better look me thinks.

[Fordos Moon]

It was most definitely green, I was transfixed - a beautiful sight!

[Dave Wall]

I havent really noticed any colour in M42. But can't say i was looking for anything other than grey. I will have to have a better look me thinks.

I only see grey even with the o - lll filter i struggle.

[Fordos Moon]

I am beginning to wonder if I have some kind of overgreen colour vision now, although it was only grey last night!