M1: The Crab Nebula located in Taurus, the bull. It is faint and hard to see as it is diffuse. I used an Orion SkyGlow filter to find it. With the filter installed the Nebula showed up quite easily and was nice and easily located in the 20mm Eyepiece. It appeared as a somewhat circular shape in the eyepiece. A very nice sight and quite easily found, especially since at time of observation, Saturn is on its way to run it over! Located above the one of the tips of Taurus Horns.

 

M27: This is the Dumbbell Nebula located in the constellation Vulpecula. In the scope it appears as fairly bright and large circle. If you use averted vision on the object I was just about able to make out more of this nebula's shape. This is a very impressive Planetary Nebula.

M42: The Great Nebula in Orion... what a wondeful sight this nebula provides. When viewing you can easily pick out the trapezium region which is a compact grouping of four stars. Detail of the nebula can also be seen! Some areas appear darker than other areas and the nebulas main features stick out clearly. Dark adaptaion of the eyes helps alot when viewing as it reveals more detail! Through the 32mm Eyepiece the nebula is easily detected surrounding the stars. Through the 10mm (100x) the view is wonderful, this is when the detail sticks out! When viewed with an Orion SkyGlow filter, this Nebula is even more amazing!! With the 20mm Eyepiece with the Filter installed (50x) the Nebula almost fills the view!! An absoltely great sight! With the 6.3mm and the filter even more detail is visble! And, the nebula appears to be "lumpy" in appearance! Very, very nice!

M43: This is located right next to M42, and surrounds a bright central star. It is circular in shape. It is MAG 9.0 and is best viewed with the Orion SkyGlow filter. M43 is just below M42 in the image.

 

M57: This is the Ring Nebula, also a planetary. It is located in the constellation Lyra. It appears as a small cirlce at 40X magnification, when viewed at 100X its Doughnut shape is much easier visible, best viewed with averted vision to get the best view.

 

M76: The little Dumbbell nebula in the constellation Perseus. It is small and appears circular in shape through the telescope. Easily tracked down. The nebula is actually quite bright considering the Magnitude ratings, and is easily seen with dark adapted eyes.

M78: This is a Reflection Nebula located in Orion. It very closely resembles a Comet. It is MAG 8.0 and is easily visible with out a SkyGlow Filter. It is circular in shape and appears as a faint fuzz with no details visible.

M97: This is the Owl Nebula in the constellation of Ursa Major. It is a planetary nebula and appears circular in shape. It is Magnitude 11.2, but is easily seen in the telescope. M108, a galaxy is close by.

NGC 2392: The Eskimo Nebula! This is a small planetary nebula located in the constellation of Gemini! It is magnitude 10, but like the little dumbbell appears much brighter than its magnitude rating. It appears as a "blob" star in the 20mm eyepiece. When the 6.3mm is used for closer inspection it appears still as a blob. I might have seen a little bit of plae green tint to it.

NGC 6826: The Blinking Planetary. A difficult object to observe. Looks like a star with a haze around it that dissappears from view. In the constellation Cygnus. About Magnitude 10.0, has a bright central star. A double star is close by.