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To: George from New England

The nebulas in Orion need either a large telescope or a long time-exposure camera and a long lens. This is not visible to the unaided eye. Some of the nebulas need imaging that is not in the visible wavelength. This includes X-ray, infrared, ultraviolet and gamma ray imaging. These images are displayed in visible altered images, otherwise we could not see them.


5 posted on 03/10/2023 11:58:16 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Even in our club’s 10” refractor, it doesn’t look like the photo. Still, it does show quite a bit of detail.
Nice!


14 posted on 03/11/2023 6:29:15 AM PST by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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