Acheron
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Two months long epoch of cloudy, foggy and snowy weather is finished. Weather is now improving so there are more opportunities to observe. Finally, we managed to go to our favorite observing site - Petrova gora (Peters' mountain) - 492 m (1,613 ft) tall mountain about 65 km south from the Zagreb.
Skies are wonderful there, LM is around 6.2 - 6.4, depending on humidity. We also managed to see shadow that was casted by the Sirius. Amazing experience. It was quite chilly with temperatures around -5°C so we didn't stayed to long. Around midnight our observing session was over.
This is sketch of the M51 and NGC 5195. Although it was just 30° over horizon it was fantastic sight in my new 12" dob. Click on sketch for larger version.
The Rosetta was wonderful through 2" WA 68° eyepiece and OIII filter. This sketch doesn't do the justice to it.
Last link leads to the sketch of M65 & M66. Unfortunately, my fingers where really frostbited while I was doing sketch so NGC 3628 was left out. At this point I just wanted to go home to warm bed.
I hope that you will like sketches.
My apologies for bad English. 
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WOW!!!! Outstanding sketchs!!!!!!!!!!! You did really good!!!!!!!!!!!  
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Magnificent!
I am very impressed.
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frank5817
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Vedran,
Of all the wonderful sketches you have posted here, these are the very best. The visual details especially in the Rosette and spiral arms of M-51 are fantastic. Terrific post!  
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Ares
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Absolutely stunning, Vedran!
Wonderful sketches of interesting objects... and flawless technique.
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Great!
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kraterkid
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Fantastic sketches Vedran, each is just superb. Lovely Rosetta Nebula and your galaxies are so awesome, they could be mistaken as CCD images. Excellent drawings!
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Acheron
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Thank you all for compliments.
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
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25x100 Binos
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Wow great sketches! I couldn't pick a favourite
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VERY VERY GOOD, The most amazing detail brings these sketches to life...
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cildarith
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Impressive set of sketches, Vedran! Thanks for sharing them with us!
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Vedran,
An excellent series of deep sky observations. You have rendered M51, Rossette Nebula, and M65/66 very nicely in your new instrument (congratulations!). I look forward to your future observations.
Carlos
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Vedran,
These sketches are very beautiful!!
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Cygnus_x1
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Super stuff Vedran.
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Acheron
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Thanks folks!
Here is another sketch - Messier 42 with 12" and 143x magnification. There are so many details that I've got lost in the nebula.
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
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And yet another stunning drawing. I just love coming back
to this forum and viewing all the wonderful works of art you people create...
Geoff....
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Acheron
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Here are new set of sketches.
First is M41 - not good as Rodelaet since I don't have telescope with wide field of view
next si NGC 2903 with 12" Dob,
third is "The UFO" galaxy, NGC 2683,
and last from the galaxies is M106. M106 was placed in light polluted part of sky so it is rather poor sketch. M109 was barely visible in 12" scope 
I have made another sketch around two weeks ago. It is a sketch of Ariadeus Rille. Its at the bottom of the page.
Clear skies
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
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25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
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frank5817
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Vedran,
These are fantastic sketches you have posted here.
I really enjoyed seeing your webpage drawings. I took some time to go through them carefully, beautiful stuff.
Frank
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All I can say is:
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taffy
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Vedran,some wonderful sketches please keep them coming.
Since finding this forum i just can't stop myself from coming back to look at all the wonderful art you put on here
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Acheron
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Thank you. 
This night the transparency was lower than yesterday so I've sketched open clusters.
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
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Well done.
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frank5817
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Vedran,
Excellent drawings of M-47 and M-50.
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dlapoint
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Wow! very nice. I know what you mean by cold weather and frost bite. I was out last night working on my H400. It was -20 degrees here. I only lasted about 2 hours. By my third sketch my hands were too stiff. I could no longer draw. What do you do to keep your fingers nimble?
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Acheron
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Thank you all.
dlapoint: I don't have any special tricks. I usually wear gloves 90% of the time. I take them down only when I'm sketching or writing. For toe fingers - there are no tricks - double socks and good pair of shoes (or boots).
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
12" F5 Dob - "Tristac"
25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
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Ares
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Very nice sketches, Vedran. Galactic sketches are especially good
PS. What improvemet in galactic details did you notice after changing you scope to 12" ?
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Acheron
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Thanks Ares.
It is easier to see in 12" with what is barely visible in 8". The M51 shows clear spiral structure, M104 looks like on short exposure photos. M33 shows some knots in spiral structure. NGC 891 shows broad central disk of dust. Others galaxies like NGC 7331 were little disappointing. It was just brighter and little larger. M31 was on the edge between disappointment and improvement - NGC 206 was visible and dust lanes where easier to see. Where big improvement is visible are globular cluster - they just look gorgeous. Last night from my backyard with LP i managed to count 55 stars in M13, 35 in M3. In 8" there were about 30 stars visible in M13.
I'm satisfied with my purchase of 12" scope. It shows improvement but not so big as would others expect, at least not under LP.
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
12" F5 Dob - "Tristac"
25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
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What do you do to keep your fingers nimble?
I'm also using gloves, but I do a little trick of using different ones. On my left hand I'm using a thick snowboard-glove. This is the hand I'm tossing my Dobsonian with. On my right hand I'm using a Winter cycling glove. It's thin enough to make me able to sketch, change eyepieces, play with the focus, yet it is warm enough too (adding the fact that I'm continuously moving my fingers of my right hand while observing and not touching the cold telescope tube with it).
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Acheron
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This is sketch of the NGC 4490 with SN 2008AX. Supernova was visible with averted vision as little star. I've estimated her brightness to be about mag 13.4. 12" scope was used for this sketch.
This is M94 in 12" scope and after checking photos I believe that bright arc in lover left part of the galaxy is spiral arm.
This is typical FOV in Virgo with more galaxies than stars. This is sketch of M60 with NGC 4647 (upper right corner), M58 (lover left corner) and NGC 4638 (upper left corner). Nice grouping of galaxies.
I just couldn't restrain myself from sketching M3. It was just gorgeous at 143x and at 250x core was resolved into stars. Magnificent globular cluster.
Forecast for tonight is also good so expect more sketches tonight.
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Vedran,
Excellent drawings. I especially like the first one of the "cocoon galaxy". The M-94 sketch is nice and bright.
Great sketching presentations.
Frank
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Vedran, amazing sketches This globular cluster is one of the best sketches I've ever seen of this kind of object. I really had the sensation of the stars coming up from It.
Hope to see more from you, here just 
Rogerio
PS: "coming up from..." Is it correct? 
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Acheron
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Thank you Frank and Rogerio.
PS: Rogerio, for English lesson you will have to ask someone from USA. I'm also foreigner
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
12" F5 Dob - "Tristac"
25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
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rodelaet
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Excellent set of sketches, Vedran.
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Acheron
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Excellent set of sketches, Vedran.
Thanks Ronny
Can't wait for you binoculars sketches.
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
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25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
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Acheron
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I've been busy again.
Here are new some new sketches.
Messier 102 (NGC 5866)
Messier 101
C/2007 W1 Boattini
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
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Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
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Ares
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Thanks for another set of superb sketches. M 101 is spectacular Experiece + good conditions + 12" of mirror can work wonders.
Even on a good night I couldn't spot spiral arms in M101 (NELM 5.8) through 8" scope, or they were on the edge of perception and I was not sure. Well... observing is an art you have to learn and practice to achieve such results.
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Vedran,
All three of these sketches are the same high quality as the previous ones. Very nice capture of the comet in the constellation of Crater.
Frank
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Acheron
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Thanks Ares and Frank.
When I've seen M101 I was stunned. Two spiral arms were easily visible and third was on the edge of the detection. Observing session was held on Petrova gora, about 40 miles south from Zagreb and 15 miles from nearest populated places. Even at such distances from towns, north was brighter because of light pollution. We had NELM 6.0 skies that night.
I was expecting much more from the comet. It quite strange looking comet. No central condensation, no tail, just somewhat brighter bar in center of coma.
Cheers
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rodelaet
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Vedran,
Wow, these sketches are awesome!
And congratulations with the comet sketch. 
How high was it above horizon, and what was your lim mag during the session?
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starquake
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Magnificent sketches! Nice to see what others can do with the same scope like mine.
Just one suggestion: this is a sketching forum, so next time post your M3 photo in the imaging forum please. 
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"Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night." /Miles Kington/
10x50, 114x900, 300x1500
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Acheron
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Thanks Rony and Starquake.
Comet was about 20° deg above horizon at the time of sketching. We were at our dark place location with virtually no LP in south direction so that was a big help.
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I like sketching...
8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
12" F5 Dob - "Tristac"
25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
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Acheron
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I couldn't resist sketching M13 so there was time left for only M12.
M10 will have to wait for another cloudless night.
Clear skies, Vedran
M13
M12
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25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
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Edited by Acheron (05/28/08 01:33 PM)
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rodelaet
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Vedran,
These sketches are excellent!
I look forward to your sketch of M10.
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frank5817
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Vedran,
These are excellent sketches of M13 and M12. I really like how much they look like the true eyepiece views.
Frank
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Acheron
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Thanks Rony and Frank.
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I like sketching...
8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
12" F5 Dob - "Tristac"
25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
http://www.inet.hr/~vevrhova/english/index
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Acheron
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I was away for some time but I wasn't lazy. 
These are my latest sketches. I hope that you will like them.
M17
NGC 957
NGC 6934
NGC 6960
NGC 7331
Thanks for looking
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
12" F5 Dob - "Tristac"
25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
http://www.inet.hr/~vevrhova/english/index
Edited by Acheron (08/06/08 07:24 PM)
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frank5817
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Vedran,
Nice to see you and more of your beautiful sketches. You did better than I resolving stars in the globular NGC 6934. The other 4 sketches are also most impressive and very realistic. Great work!
Frank
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Vedran.
Your incredible journey through the heavens continues with your latest set of impressive observations. You have recorded these objects accurately and with skill. The Swan Nebula (M17) appears to be swimming in a celestial ocean. The clusters appear to be exploding. The Veil Nebula (NGC 6960) appears as a wift floating in space. NGC 7331 looks interesting and gives the impression of a "lensing galaxy." Thank you for sharing these wonderful observations with us all.
Carlos
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Acheron
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Thanks guy!
Carlos, I like your descriptions. You are very skillful with the words.
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8" F6 Dob - "Betsy"
12" F5 Dob - "Tristac"
25x100 Binos
Messier Catalogue - done
Herschel 400 - 189 more to go
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That says it all. Outstanding renderings! Thank you.
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