Re: Horsehead Nebula
Bob Luffel (bobl@gr.hp.com)
Mon, 27 Mar 95 17:51:38 MST
>
> On a night of pretty good seeing I was able to see *most* of it in
> Chuck Dethloff's 24" scope with a nebula filter. Needed averted vision
> and some staring at it before it could be seen at all. I expect it
> would be very hard in a smaller scope unless the sky were very very
> dark and clear. There's not much contrast there. I've forgotten
> the eyepiece he used.
>
> The same night we were able to see delicate swirls and whisps and
> colors in the Orion nebula; it filled most of a 1 degree field. The
> Whirpool Galaxy showed clearly defined arms and much structure. Sigh.
> I need a *big* scope. :-)
>
>
I am curious, what colors do you see in the Orion nebula? I have
heard folks comment about detecting colors, but not what color.
Green, pink? What region do you see the colors? (brightest portion?).
Bob