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Originally Posted by seanliddelow
The Orion Nebula is next to the Orion Belt. It is the "sword" of Orion. You may be able to see it with the naked eye as the a fuzzy reddish star, in the middle of 2 stars. It is above and right of Orions belt. If you look at Orion you can make out a tea-pot shaped pattern in which the belt is the bottom, the spout is the Orion Nebula and it is is pointing to the East. Also dark skies are a must for viewing this object although you still should be able to view it from urban skies. Do you have lots of light pollution near your house?
Hope this helped, Sean
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Yea, I knew where Orions Nebula is but thanks for the help
I just found it hard to locate it with my scope it's so much harder than binoculars
but i'm sure I'll get used to it
And yes I live in Sydney and there is heaps of light pollution near my house
, I can now see what the guy at the Bintel shop who sold me my scope meant when he said how much better in darker and less light-polluted areas
Thanks a lot again for the help
Regards,
Sebastien.