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Tarzanrock

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10. No, the view of the Veil Nebula to the naked eye through a telescope is colorless.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Fri May 30, 2025, 09:58 PM

May 30

About 10 or more years ago, I spent a summer night on top of Mt. Pinos in California at a Star Party. A group of us were looking through two (2) 30-inch telescopes at the Veil Nebula using a 30 mm Pentax XW eyepiece, a 30 mm Leitz Planokular eyepiece, and a 40 mm Pentax XW eyepiece. It was a night which no one who was there and observed the Veil Nebula will ever forget.

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one more astrophotography shot from big bend [View all] moonshinegnomie May 30 OP

Wow! SheltieLover May 30 #1

OUTSTANDING!!!! It would take me 10-20000 years to learn how to do this. IA8IT May 30 #2

Who knew a nebula could look so tactile! But this one does and magnificently! Many thanks for sharing it! n/t CaliforniaPeggy May 30 #3

Whoa! You have seized the day in astrophotography moonshinegnomie! Extraordinary! George McGovern May 30 #4

I'm speechless to describe what I'm seeing and the talent to bring it to us..thank you, it's fantastic Deuxcents May 30 #5

Magnificent, moonshinegnomie. brer cat May 30 #6

AWESOME!!! CaptainTruth May 30 #7

Oh oh my irisblue May 30 #8

So very beautiful. Collimator May 30 #9

the colors arent visible to the naked eye moonshinegnomie May 30 #12

No, the view of the Veil Nebula to the naked eye through a telescope is colorless. Tarzanrock May 30 #10

Moonshinegnomie likely has a black and white verision of this ... Tarzanrock May 30 #11