ETX-125 and M43

Hi,

I have purchased an ETX-125 recently and have difficulty finding the M43.
Are there any ETX-125 users here managing to find the M43?

Cheers,
Michael

I have purchased an ETX-125 recently and have difficulty finding the M43.

m43 is the smaller patch of nebulousity immediately
north of m42:
http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.cgi?m42

Can it be seen with ETX-125?

Michael

"SaberScorpX" wrote in message
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I have purchased an ETX-125 recently and have difficulty finding the M43.

m43 is the smaller patch of nebulousity immediately
north of m42:
http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.cgi?m42

I have purchased an ETX-125 recently and have difficulty finding the M43.

m43 is the smaller patch of nebulousity immediately
north of m42:
http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.cgi?m42

Can it be seen with ETX-125?

Yes. Even with binoculars.

I have purchased an ETX-125 recently and have difficulty finding the M43.

m43 is the smaller patch of nebulousity immediately
north of m42:
http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.cgi?m42

Can it be seen with ETX-125?

Yes. Even with binoculars.
The combined nebulousity of m42/43 is a naked-eye
object from even moderately light polluted skies.
Middle star of Orion's Sword.
Can't miss it.

"Michael" wrote in message
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Can it be seen with ETX-125?

Michael

it can be seen with an ETX125: I can see it in my ETX105, but you will need good dark-adapted
eyes.
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md
www.xs4all.nl/~martlian

I think Michael was led astray by the images of this object. If you
noticed, M42 does not look like the images either, if you pay attention to
the details that are shown, relative to the visible stars there.

In the future, remember that images show objects much brighter and clearer
than what any telescope normally available to amateurs can show. The actual
objects are going to be much fainter, and in fact appear quite different
from the images and photographs. Even the colors are "off" in those images.
--
Sincerely,
--- Dave

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"Michael" wrote in message
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Can it be seen with ETX-125?

Michael

it can be seen with an ETX125: I can see it in my ETX105, but you will
need good dark-adapted
eyes.
--
md
www.xs4all.nl/~martlian

Can it be seen with ETX-125?

Michael

I think so. Its not much to look at though unless the skies are dark. I would
try a 32mm eyepiece.

jon

Even the colors are "off" in those images.
--
Sincerely,
--- Dave

Quite often the colors in Hubble type images are "Pseudo-Color" and are in no
way representitive of the colors the human eye would see were it sensitive
enough.

Jon

Well, practically no scientific images are true color, because the filters
being used are geared more for their scientific content than their visual
appearance. But I was referring to amateur images and photos, where I would
think there is more emphasis on the appearance rather than the scientific
interest, but given the different response of film and eye to faint light
levels, and to the types of emissions from objects (discrete line,
continuum, et al), the task of balancing the colors to give what the eye
sees is probably difficult at best and impossible at worst.
--
Sincerely,
--- Dave
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It don't mean a thing
unless it has that certain "je ne sais quoi"
Duke Ellington
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"Jon Isaacs" wrote in message
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Even the colors are "off" in those images.
--
Sincerely,
--- Dave

Quite often the colors in Hubble type images are "Pseudo-Color" and are in
no
way representitive of the colors the human eye would see were it sensitive
enough.

Jon