Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 rodelaet Post Laureate Reged: 04/28/06 Posts: 3063 Loc: 50°56' N - 4°58' E (Belgium) Binocular Icon 4 : Berenice's Hair, Melotte 111       #2315908 - 04/09/08 05:18 PM Attachment (60 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Another object that’s been known since antiquity is Berenice’s Hair in the constellation Coma Berenices. The true nature of this grouping of stars remained uncertain for a long time. Philibert Jacques Melotte included this object in 1915 in his Catalog of Star Cluster as Melotte 111. Finally in 1938 Robert Julius Trumpler proved that Melotte 111 was a true cluster. Latest calculations have put the cluster at a distance of 288 l-y. Only the Hyades and the Ursa Major Cluster are closer. Thanks to the cluster’s proximity, many of its stars can be seen without optical aid on a clear night. With a pair of binoculars, the view is marvelous. The cluster is almost too large to behold in the field of view of my 8x56 binoculars. The sky-background looks devoid of faint field-stars. This fact makes the cluster members stand out even brighter against the empty sky. The bright star in the top left quadrant of the sketch is Gamma Comae. Observing data: Date : April 7, 2008 Time : around 21.30UT Binoculars : Bresser 8x56 FOV: 5,9° Filter : none Mount : Trico Machine Sky Window Seeing : 2,5/5 Transp. : 2,5/5 Nelm : 4,8 Sketch Orientation : N up, W right. Digital sketch made with PhotoPaint, based on a raw pencil sketch. -------------------- Rony My Astronomical Sketches My Binocular Sketches Callibrate your Monitor with this little strip. Edited by rodelaet (04/09/08 05:27 PM) Post Extras:       Sol Robbins Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/01/03 Posts: 1609 Re: Binocular Icon 4 : Berenice's Hair, Melotte 111 [Re: rodelaet]       #2316115 - 04/09/08 06:46 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Beautiful sketch. Your Icon binocular series along with your rendering talents, takes sketching into a new area for viewer enjoyment. -------------------- S.R. Post Extras:       frank5817 Post Laureate Reged: 06/13/06 Posts: 4034 Loc: Illinois Re: Binocular Icon 4 : Berenice's Hair, Melotte 111 [Re: Sol Robbins]       #2316185 - 04/09/08 07:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Rony, Beautiful sketch, some of these fainter stars I cannot pick out with my binoculars but this is a true binocular object. Your rendering is the same top notch drawing as always. Frank -------------------- my gallery Post Extras:       Carl Kolchak professor emeritus Reged: 08/02/06 Posts: 536 Loc: Northeast, Florida Re: Binocular Icon 4 : Berenice's Hair, Melotte 1 [Re: rodelaet]       #2317326 - 04/10/08 12:02 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Rony, These sketches are awesome! Please keep 'em coming. I wonder if the moderators could place these all together in a sticky, like the double star sketches are in the DS forum. thanks for sharing them with us. -------------------- Richard H. Antares 105mm f/9.5 Elite Series Refractor AstroTelescopes 102mm f/7 Refractor Orion ShortTube 90mm f/5.6 Refractor Meade Model 300 80mm f/15 Refractor Tasco Cosmic 6TE-5 50mm f/12 Refractor Orion SkyView Pro 8" Intelliscope Orion Scenix 10x50 Binoculars Zhumell SuperGiant 20x80 binoculars NightSky Journal Post Extras:       CarlosEH Post Laureate Reged: 01/19/05 Posts: 4092 Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County... Re: Binocular Icon 4 : Berenice's Hair, Melotte 1 [Re: Carl Kolchak]       #2328065 - 04/15/08 04:13 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Rony, A beautiful and accurate observation of Berenice's Hair (Melotte 1) in Coma Berenices. A striking grouping of stars in the heavens. Carlos -------------------- Post Extras:       xfile101 scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 12/08/07 Posts: 758 Loc: Ocean Gate, NJ Re: Binocular Icon 4 : Berenice's Hair, Melotte 1 [Re: CarlosEH]       #2328706 - 04/15/08 12:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Quite nice!! You are a madman with those binoculars, keep 'em coming. -------------------- Orion XT8I Celestron 114EQ Firstscope Meade 70mm Astroscan Post Extras:       Rogerio sage Reged: 09/01/07 Posts: 221 Loc: Salvador; BA; Brazil Re: Binocular Icon 4 : Berenice's Hair, Melotte 1 [Re: xfile101]       #2331810 - 04/16/08 04:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wonderfull!!!! -------------------- 8'' F6 Dob - ATM 8'' F8 Dob - ATM Pentax PFC WPII 20X60; Nikon Action EX 8X40 24Pan; 16T5Nag; 10Rad; 7XW Meade TX 2X and 3X Post Extras:       rodelaet Post Laureate Reged: 04/28/06 Posts: 3063 Loc: 50°56' N - 4°58' E (Belgium) Re: Binocular Icon 4 : Berenice's Hair, Melotte 1 [Re: Rogerio]       #2349136 - 04/24/08 01:20 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you all very much! -------------------- Rony My Astronomical Sketches My Binocular Sketches Callibrate your Monitor with this little strip. 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