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    What can I expect at an astronomy night (outdoors)?

    Gonna go to my first one on Saturday :)
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    Did you know that the Orion Nebula is but a small part of the gigantic Orion...

    ...Molecular Cloud Complex? ...that includes the Horsehead Nebula and a few more. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101023.html
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    Did you know that the Orion Nebula is but a small part of the gigantic

    Orion Molecular Cloud Complex? ...that includes the Horsehead Nebula and a few more. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101023.html
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    Why in the night sky does the moon look so big from one angle but appear much

    Yes, it's all trick of our mind. I take it the Moon was close to the horizon, which makes it look big to us because we expect it to look smaller. When you drive towards it, perhaps you subconsciously expect it to become bigger. But it obviously doesn't become bigger, which your brain interprets...
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    Visibility of Orion's nebula?

    114mm (4.5 inch) is really a beginner's telescope. A little haze of white light is all you will see in Orion, unless you get a much more powerful telescope. And by powerful I don't mean magnification. Light-gathering ability, which is determined by the aperture, is much more important for seeing...
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    Visibility of Orion's nebula?

    114mm (4.5 inch) is really a beginner's telescope. A little haze of white light is all you will see in Orion, unless you get a much more powerful telescope. And by powerful I don't mean magnification. Light-gathering ability, which is determined by the aperture, is much more important for seeing...
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