· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums 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] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W May09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll!       #3140093 - 06/01/09 03:47 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   We are very pleased and proud to present the May 2009 Sketching Semi-Finalists in the Imaging/Sketching Contest. Roel: For the last 2 nights I have made some deep sky sketches with my home build 60 mm F/6,9 achromatic refractor. It's made out of a 20-year-old Novalux 60/415 lens and some spare parts from various other scopes. The chromatic abberation is horrific om Moon and planets, but this tiny telescopes does give me surprisingly pleasant views of some of the brighter deep sky objects. It made me so enthousiastic I want to sketch evering I see through it! I also have a 12,5" Dobsonian but sometimes, when time is short and weather is unpredictable, bigger is not always better! All sketches are made under a suburban sky. M8 was only 15 degrees above the southern horizon when I made the drawing. Jeff Young: Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC3628). Individual galaxies sketched on different nights through a 16"SCT at 175X (M66 and NGC3628) and 16"Mak at 150X (M65), with the field stars and galaxy positions sketched through a 4"APO at 67X. Sketches scanned and resized to a matching scale, and then printed and combined using paste-up and backlighting to allow tracing and copying to the final, composite sketch. Daler Rowney HB pencil on A3 cartridge paper, scanned and inverted in Photoshop. Please note that voting will conclude on June 8th at Midnight EST. Many thanks to all who took part in the contest! * Which Sketch goes to the Finals? Users may choose only one (46 total votes) Roel: 32 69% Jeff Young: 14 30% Post Extras:       Charlie Hein Postmaster Reged: 11/02/03 Loc: 26.06.08N, +80.23.08W Re: May09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3153531 - 06/09/09 07:15 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Please join me in congratulating Roel as your finalist in the Sketching Forum! For the last 2 nights I have made some deep sky sketches with my home build 60 mm F/6,9 achromatic refractor. It's made out of a 20-year-old Novalux 60/415 lens and some spare parts from various other scopes. The chromatic abberation is horrific om Moon and planets, but this tiny telescopes does give me surprisingly pleasant views of some of the brighter deep sky objects. It made me so enthousiastic I want to sketch evering I see through it! I also have a 12,5" Dobsonian but sometimes, when time is short and weather is unpredictable, bigger is not always better! All sketches are made under a suburban sky. M8 was only 15 degrees above the southern horizon when I made the drawing. Post Extras:       Jeff Young Post Laureate Reged: 08/04/05 Loc: Ireland Re: May09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: Charlie Hein]       #3161153 - 06/13/09 06:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Congratulations Roel! Lovely nebulosity in your sketch. -- Jeff. Post Extras:       rodelaet Post Laureate Reged: 04/28/06 Loc: 50°56' N - 4°58' E (Belgium) Re: May09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: Jeff Young]       #3161915 - 06/14/09 05:09 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well done, Roel!!! Post Extras:       frank5817 Postmaster Reged: 06/13/06 Loc: Illinois Re: May09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: rodelaet]       #3162950 - 06/14/09 07:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Roel, Congratulations to you on a beautiful winning sketch. The sketch you outpolled was one of the best galaxy sketches I have seen. That is a testament to how well you did. Good luck in the finals. Frank Frank Post Extras:       mikesemmler sage Reged: 06/01/09 Re: May09 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll! [Re: frank5817]       #3179648 - 06/24/09 07:53 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It`s deffinitivly Roel - Congratulation! Michael Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 3 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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