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What colour for M42
It has always amazed me that almost everyone I have ever asked about what colour they see M42 also has said 'Green', with a few saying just plain White.
Except one! Geoff (Starkler) maintains he can see it in pink!!
Last night I gave up on attempting to do Astropics as the seeing was too lousy so I thought I would peruse the sky optically for the 'easy to see in lousy weather' objects.
I looked at Good ol' 'Green' Orion Neb (M42) for about 10 - 15 minutes and was just about to move on when you could've knocked me over with a feather!!! I had noticed for the first time ever that I was seeing it in Pink with a light greenish/White centre (the Trap).
WOW Geoff, you are right, it can be seen Pink! And it looks even better than the Green image my eyes where used to. I especially liked the fact that I could see both colours, the pink of the main body with the greenish centre Trap area.
Outstanding. It is worth a try for everyone else. Just keep studying it for more than 10 minutes and it will come to you (patience).
After a quick look around (Mars, Plieades, 47Tuc etc) I went back to Orion Neb and because my eyes knew what to look for this time I seen the pink within about 1 minute.
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