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Yes, nearly anything in the night sky viewed through a reasonable sized telescope will be in shades of grey and often quite faint, it won't be like the photos of astronomical objects we often see published, or those on the telescope box.
I am currently putting together an 'expectation chart' for people that are thinking of purchasing a telescope.
All of the photographs we post here, and see from other sources of beautiful full colour galaxies and nebulae and planets are wonderful, but many people new to all this expect to see something similar through their telescope.
I'd like to have a chart that shows a 'typical view' of the more famous objects through a 'typical telescope' say a 3" or 4" refractor and an 8" or 10" reflector, so that people have some idea what to expect.
Anyone that wants to contribute any photographs or sketches of objects that they believe represent the view through the eyepiece, please drop me a line and I can add them to the chart, and make sure the source is acknowledged.
It will just be for posting here, not a commercial venture or anything, but if you do let me use an image, please make sure you have the rights to do so.
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