orion nebula visibility?

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hi i am a budding amatuer astronomer.......i am broke and have no telescope but i do have a pair of 20 dollar binoculars.....it has been cloudy since i got them so out of curiosity i was wondering if the orion nebula would actually be visible with my binoculars or just appear as a blur with no definiton
 
I don't know what you have for binoculars...but...if you have 7x50's or 10x50's...you can see the Orion Nebula. You would see a noticeable glow but not much for detail. Even in a modest set of binoculars....you can see enough of the nebula to distinguish it from a regular star....it wouldn't be a useless blur...but you wouldn't see much for detail.
 
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