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...the cluster itself is rather like a smudge (shade) using my finger for variance intensity demonstrating the brighter and dimmer part of the cluster. That’s how I start, making the form of the cluster, in some cases I stop there, like the case of my report on NGC6934 and NGC7003, they look like smudge, no granularity. I then do the stippling to demonstrate that I saw the cluster granularity, if partially resolve I will stipple less and I will also put all the bright stars as I see them.

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Very cool. That's what I thought was going on. I forgot to mention that it looked like you were undershading to build up the unresolved body in varying degrees of lightness. Since I started spending quality time on my sketches, I haven't done a globular yet, because I was worrying over this issue. My M11 open cluster sketch suffers from what I think is a poor attempt at shading to indicate graininess. Although stippling on open clusters would probably be a far more slippery slope than globular clusters. Anyway, I'm going to give it a try the next time I make a globservation and see how it turns out. Like you, I want to give an impression of what's visible, and as accurately as possible...it's just hard to get accurate with grain. And grain definitely looks different from unresolved haze, and that's something I'd like to convey.

Jeremy

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Denis, I don't mind the linking at all. Thank you. I actually need to make updates to my links after 'getting out' a bit more on some excellent observing sites, and I hope you don't mind me adding yours when I overhaul that list.

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Not a bit! And i feel privilege also! Thanks Jeremy!

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