Orion Neb

[Bendy (Ben)]

After being awoken by my young kids during the wee hours this morning, I struggled to get back to sleep and so dragged the 10" dob out for a bit of observing. I'm certainly glad that I did as it provided my first chance of seeing the Orion Nebula through the scope since buying it a few months back. All I can say is "wow". I think I've a new favourite object!

[omegacrux (David)]

It is a wow moment with a big dob
I was the same !

David

[MichaelSW (Michael)]

Ben,

Yes, "WOW". M42 was First Light through my telescope.

What a sight it was at Astrofest waking up at 03:00 to see Orion rising over the hill. Sat there in my chair outside my tent and just admired the view.

Photo courtesy of my astro friend, David.

[Bendy (Ben)]

Great image, Sirius just dominates, doesn't it? (understandably...).

[Gvarouha (George)]

I've only got a 4se and was blown away when I first saw it. If love to see it through a big dob

[ZeroID (Brent)]

The nice thing is that once you've seen it through a scope you can them almost see it naked eye forever after. You 'know' it's there and you get a glimpse of the glow and you 'see' it all over again. Even with binocs it's worth the look.

It's a difficult photo subject though with it's range of exposures.