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Nebula around Orion
Thanks to Acropolite, I'm really starting to enjoy this star gazing caper. Tonight (Thursday) was a really clear night so I grabbed my scope and out I went.
I've looked at the Small Magellanic Cloud, Sirius, gazed at Jupiter for a long time and the nebula on Orion's Belt and some other miscellaneous random star searching.
One thing though, through the eyepiece the nebula is just grey and no colour. Is that due to the limitations of my scope? It's a 114mm Diam, 900mm long tube. I was using a 6.5mm eyepiece. How do I get to see some colour?
Don't get me wrong, I'm still excited about finding it by myself and the fact that I can see stuff is still enough to keep me going. I sound like a two year old with a new toy. I even rushed in and got my wife to have a look.
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