Aaron
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3 good and 1 great night are the Oregon Star Party. So beautiful it is hard to commit to a lot of drawing. The Milky Way drawing actually took about 4 hours over 3 nights.
Help me decide which to enter in the August contest:
B145 or the Milky Way
Barnard 145 - Dark Nebula in Cyg
Pelican Nebula
Naked Eye Milky Way
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JayinUT
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Aaron,
Truly wonderful! Your capture of the details in these objects are fantastic. Very hard to choose but I love your Naked Eye Milky Way as you have captured the dark and light areas majestically.
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TenthEnemy
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Awesome sketches. I say you should choose the Milky Way, but I think the compression is hurting the B145 sketch a lot so it's hard to say...
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CarlosEH
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Aaron,
Outstanding observations of Barnard 145, The Pelican nebula (IC 5070), and a naked eye sketch of the Milky Way. They have been executed very nicely. Thank you for sharing them with us all.
Carlos
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frank5817
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Aaron,
They are all very nice sketches but the naked eye Milky Way sketch really jumps out at me.   
Frank 
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Jef De Wit
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Aaron
Three great sketches but for the contest I choose the Milky Way.
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markseibold
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Aaron
All of your three sketches are beautifully done.
I especially like your Naked Eye Milky Way as I have an affinity for the big picture. You have shown great execution of the smearing/blending of the chalk. This is a great example by you to show how to render nebulosity; what makes pastel chalks so fun to use.
I attended, I think seven Oregon Star Parties in the past. 1992 ~ 2002 and sorry to have missed this one. I had only begun to sketch the sun at that time in 2002; actually an early whole sun and close-up prominence sketch in colored pencils that I have temporarily lost (never posted here *yet.)
Keep up the good work!
Mark
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Aaron
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Everyone, thanks for the positive words and the help choosing a favorite. It seems pretty conclusive that the Milky Way sketch will go into the August contest.
It was so fun to draw, though I couldn't help feeling guilty that I was squandering super-dark-sky-time as my telescope sat idle next to me. I keep reminding myself that looking up is just as valuable a use of my time as looking through the eyepiece.
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kraterkid
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Aaron,
All excellent sketches, your Milky way being my favorite as well. Superb!
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JakeSaloranta
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Quote:
Naked Eye Milky Way
That is indeed a beauty! However, now that you've entered the sketch to the August 09 Imaging/Sketching Contest would it be possible to see the sketch in bigger resolution and without the annoying *.jpg data packing 
800 x 600 in *.gif would probably do the trick and do the sketch more justice!
/Jake
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 Special Ed
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Aaron,
Very rich rendering of the Milky Way--I can see why it took so much time. The major constellation included in the view are instantly recognizable. Nice work!
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Aaron
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Thanks, I actually am a bit disappointed by the reconizability of the constellations, but maybe I'm just not familiar with them enough. (I did have to re-check a chart to remember them as I drew to ensure I was representing them well). I'll try an 800x600 gif
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Aaron
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I had to compress slightly to fit the limit with gif too (originally it was 400K, now 200K but I can't post to the forum until below 100K). I don't see any improvement. What am I doing wrong?
Old:
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=19253&password=&sort=7&size=medium&thecat=500
New:
http://www.cloudynights.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=19298&password=&sort=7&thecat=500
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Jeff Young
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Indeed, the naked-eye Milky Way sketch is just splendid!
-- Jeff.
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CarlosEH
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Aaron,
That is one outstanding observation of the Milky Way. Thank you once again for sharing them with us all.
Carlos
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