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Originally Posted by DeepSkyBagger
Brendon,
'M42 was looked at again and I was amazed to see colour clearly visible. The Huygenian region was green and the streamers north and south from it were very distinctly red.'
At this time, I firmly believed that colour was not visible in deep-sky objects, except blue and green planetary nebulae. Red was a definite no-no.
I still see green and red in M42 whenever I look at it with my current 12" reflector. Colour vision is a very subjective thing. Just because many people can't see colours in M42 doesn't mean that you or I *can't*.
I very rarely see colours in DSOs, but M42 is a stand-out exception for me.
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Sounds similar to my experience Patrick.
I had viewed M42 a number of times from home before this, which made it more surprising because it was unexpected.
Very distinct colours especially the deep red / pink of the wings. And masses of green.
Sadly for me this is the only time I've seen it back in 2009ish with my 10" Dob.
But it was by far the darkest skies I've been under since then. A new moon and far from any light pollution.