NGC 1999

[COLOR="Purple"]With all of the glorious objects demanding attention in the Orion area, I guess it's not too surprising that I haven't ever observed
NGC 1999. From what I can tell, the background nebula is pretty dim but I'm interested in the area around the 10th magnitude star. That's the area where there is a dark patch in the brighter nebula around the star.

Has anyone observed this area? I would think higher magnification would be good for seeing the small bright nebula near the star with the dark patch.
Just curious...HNY!
Bill[/COLOR]

Bill....Yes that's one of my favorites. Funny how many years I had looked at the great Orion Nebula and never saw this little guy thats just a few eyepieces distance away! The dark patch in my scope looks like a sideways key hole....or maybe like a sideways mantle clock. I have seen it thru a 25" f-5 dob and it's just amazing at higher powers! Here's a link....http://www.caelumobservatory.com/obs/n1999.html
Gerry