Another cool one . What is this ? The Trifid Nebula ?
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Right. Trifid Nebula or M20
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Yeah , he’s really into it . He has way more money than I do . But I also enjoy the visual aspect of the hobby more . Just the relaxation under the night sky and seeing the objects with my own eye through the eyepiece glass is rewarding . I see too much frustration going on when things don’t go right with all his expensive equipment . I do astronomy to relax and enjoy , not to work and get all frustrated . 
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One of my favourite objects is the Homunculus Nebula. I find it one of the strangest, most intriguing, and beautiful objects in the sky! It is absolutely stunning in my 16-inch telescope… the incredibly bright, and beautifully orange Eta Carinae lying hazily shrouded in the centre, with its two dazzlingly orange lobes orientated SE-NW.
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hi and welcome sounds like it would be a nice pic are you into astrophotography?
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Hi and thanks for the welcome! The Homunculus would be the most gorgeous image, not least for its incredible location in the Carina Nebula which is remarkably beautiful… a billowing, three-dimensional cloudscape. But alas, I am not an astrophotographer!
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Oh wow, that is gorgeous! Your image really captures the astonishing radiance of the central masses bifurcated by that colossal forked dust lane. I never tire of looking at the Carina Nebula, through the telescope and in images. Thanks for posting it!!
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Nice image. I can’t observe It from my location.
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Its so hard as I love all DSO’s, but NGC 3532 in Carina is an absolutely amazing open cluster in Carina which is getting plenty of eyepiece time at the moment
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Thats a tough call. Hercules, the Ring, any of the southern summer nebula are always on the list, but if i had to pick just one… Its the Orion Nebula
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Good choice. I always try to show that to people whenever it’s visible. Most people want to see the showpiece objects anyway,because of the “wow” factor. I have a list of those kinds of objects depending on the time of year. I reserve the faint galaxies for myself.
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@bkaras i always like to include a couple galaxies. I will show them M81 and 82 and something a bit fainter. Maybe i will toss in Markarian’s Chain. I always like the look on their faces when you tell them how long the light has been traveling just so they could see it.
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I like M81 and M82 also. Some of my other favorites are NGC253 and NGC7331.
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@agatha9 M51 is awesome visually if you have a big enough scope to see it well. Welcome to the forum. Tell us a bit about yourself and your equipment
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I’ve seen it pretty good through 6 to 9 inch scopes . Dark sky sites make up greatly for smaller aperture .
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@beagle1 M42 is the sexiest thing in the sky
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