jonnydreads Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Been having great trouble with alignment with my 8se so decided to just point and hope again before my toes froze off. I went to towards orion and slewed very slowly and managed to find a nebula... I'm almost certain it's m42 but It was white. Quite clearly white. Does the red colour come from exposure? Or am I looking at something else. There were 3 or 4 stars packed quite close together towards the left of my viewpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Any colours visible in deep sky objects visually are very, very subtle at most. Mostly they appear to be shades of grey. With long exposure imaging, the colours you see in the pictures become much clearer. The 4 stars you spotted were the Trapezium cluster at the heart of M42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnydreads Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 amazing!! what a sight, its the first nebula I've seen as I've only had this telescope out twice due to the weather, Im using Baader zoom at 24mm and it looked great, the dew on my telescope is slightly annoying and I'm thinking of either making or maybe buying a shield... other than the dew, the bad weather, my frozen feet, my wife who keeps turning on the kitchen light, and my general lack of knowledge, I'm really enjoying it! thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 A dew sheild is more or less mandatory when using an SCT scope in this country. The corrector lens at the front is a dew magnet ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnydreads Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 Yes I've noticed.... I'm going to make one. Just need to find suitable material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 1 hour ago, jonnydreads said: Yes I've noticed.... I'm going to make one. Just need to find suitable material Camping mat foam usually works well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnydreads Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Good shout thanks, my wife's yoga Matt almost disappeared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollypenrice Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Camping mat is indeed the perfect material. Best of all is to add a heated dewstrip beneath it. If you become fogged up you can put the tube to horizontal and drape a warm dry towel over it so it covers but doesn't touch the corrector. This will get you going again for a while. Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnydreads Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Great stuff ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
des anderson Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 To get the best from your scope it needs to be aligned properly, to help you get a planesphere which will show the sky at your location and then you can pick out the stars that match the handset. This is what I used when I first started out to find my way around the sky. Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurcher Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 On 08/01/2019 at 20:37, jonnydreads said: other than the dew, the bad weather, my frozen feet, my wife who keeps turning on the kitchen light, and my general lack of knowledge, I'm really enjoying it! Ooooh. How many of us can relate to all of that!!!? Well done for observing and noting the Trapezium. I also mentioned on here a while ago about the four small stars in the centre to then read all about their fame afterwards. Clear skies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMan Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 On 09/01/2019 at 07:37, jonnydreads said: my frozen feet I put plastic bags on my feet, it helps a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel1983 Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 On 08/01/2019 at 21:22, jonnydreads said: Been having great trouble with alignment with my 8se so decided to just point and hope again before my toes froze off. I went to towards orion and slewed very slowly and managed to find a nebula... I'm almost certain it's m42 but It was white. Quite clearly white. Does the red colour come from exposure? Or am I looking at something else. There were 3 or 4 stars packed quite close together towards the left of my viewpoint. Hi, good job ! The 4 stars in the trapezium should be easily visible, certainly with a 8" SCT, the color should be blue -ish tinted, but very faint off course when observing conditions permit and your scope is well collimated and your eyes are dark-adjusted, check M42 again and look if you're able to see 6 stars, but the 5th an 6th stars are very faint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 On 09/01/2019 at 06:04, jonnydreads said: Good shout thanks, my wife's yoga Matt almost disappeared Have a care - I saw a yoga mat in the Range, I though that will be handy expecting it to cost a few quid. It was TWENTY POUNDS for a sheet of foam just because it has a pattern on it! You won't be popular if you chop up one of those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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