wow! again? after all this time

[Pete Presland]

i have had my C9.25 since last spring and to my shame  i have never used it visually other than to point at a planet and begin imaging. but last night after a few hours imaging Jupiter i popped the meade 40mm eyepiece in and decide to spend a while just checking out a few old favourites.

i have to say M42 was simply incredible, so much so i hardly looked at much else ! the best i have ever had of her. it seemed like the entire field of view was filled with nebulosity i thought my days of being "wowed" at the eyepiece were going to be restricted to special events, comets, SN's, but this showed even after 30+ years the are still things that can surprise you, i wonder what it would look like through 4 16" dob?

[rory]

what it would look like through 4 16" dob?

There's only one way to find out .. ;-)

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I always pay a visit to M42 when it's visible, and it always amazes me, 34 years after my first sketch of it. M57, M27 and quite a lot of others are similar fixtures when observing.

Regarding wondering about the 16" scope: that's called aperture fever

[Mike73]

I'm not really one for looking at the same objects over and over again but M42 is one of the few that I do go back to. It doesn't seem to matter what size scope I use to look at it but I always seem to mutter 'wow' when I see it.

[Pete Presland]

It really is a more you look the more you see object!

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[Daniel-K]

it looks super in 14" i use to have a 16" aswell but it was too much to carry but the veiws through it were terrific

[Pete Presland]

I'm not really one for looking at the same objects over and over again but M42 is one of the few that I do go back to. It doesn't seem to matter what size scope I use to look at it but I always seem to mutter 'wow' when I see it.

just love your sketches! i wish i could draw like that, i supose thats why i went down the imaging route.