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[Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 TenthEnemy sage Reged: 01/21/08 Posts: 428 Loc: Maryland M56, veil, double-double, and M31       #3296640 - 08/26/09 10:09 PM Attachment (27 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here are sketches of everything I observed last night. first is M56 in Lyra. -------------------- Orion XT10 70mm refractor 12x50 binoculars Post Extras:       TenthEnemy sage Reged: 01/21/08 Posts: 428 Loc: Maryland Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: TenthEnemy]       #3296648 - 08/26/09 10:12 PM Attachment (24 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Next is the Veil nebula. This the the brighter and more obvious section. The UHC helps bring this one out of the light pollution. -------------------- Orion XT10 70mm refractor 12x50 binoculars Post Extras:       TenthEnemy sage Reged: 01/21/08 Posts: 428 Loc: Maryland Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: TenthEnemy]       #3296651 - 08/26/09 10:13 PM Attachment (20 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Here is the other side of the veil. -------------------- Orion XT10 70mm refractor 12x50 binoculars Post Extras:       TenthEnemy sage Reged: 01/21/08 Posts: 428 Loc: Maryland Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: TenthEnemy]       #3296655 - 08/26/09 10:15 PM Attachment (18 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Double-double, one of my favorite double stars. -------------------- Orion XT10 70mm refractor 12x50 binoculars Post Extras:       TenthEnemy sage Reged: 01/21/08 Posts: 428 Loc: Maryland Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: TenthEnemy]       #3296662 - 08/26/09 10:19 PM Attachment (23 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   finally, Here's M31 and friends, the most visually stunning trio of galaxies I know of. -------------------- Orion XT10 70mm refractor 12x50 binoculars Post Extras:       frank5817 Post Laureate Reged: 06/13/06 Posts: 4084 Loc: Illinois Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: TenthEnemy]       #3296898 - 08/27/09 12:22 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   TenthEnemy, These are all fantastic sketches. Since I usually observe with the same size scope, I can appreciate how nice these sketches match the view in this size scope. I especially like the Andromeda galaxy sketch with its companions. Excellent post. Frank -------------------- my gallery Post Extras:       JayinUT I'm not Sleepy Reged: 09/19/08 Posts: 942 Loc: Utah Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: frank5817]       #3296904 - 08/27/09 12:29 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nicely done and excellent captures. You really nailed these. I really like your capture of the core of M31. -------------------- Jay in Utah --------------------------- Location: Lat: 40.514N Long: -112.032W Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth. — Ptolemy, c.150 AD My Blog Post Extras:       Aldebaran super member Reged: 09/30/06 Posts: 105 Loc: Turku, Finland Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: JayinUT]       #3297068 - 08/27/09 04:07 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Beautiful sketches, TenhtEnemy, good work! -------------------- Juha -------------------- Instruments: 10'' Newton 3'' Lens (RFT) 7x18 Binos -------------------- http://juhansivut.pp.fi/Deepsky (my deep sky pages) Taivaanpallo (my amateur astronomy blog in finnish) Post Extras:       Michael11 super member Reged: 06/24/06 Posts: 142 Loc: Israel Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: Aldebaran]       #3297744 - 08/27/09 12:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow these are great and realistic sketches, nice job =) (I personally would make it a little bit brighter) -------------------- Michael Vlasov Orion skyview pro 8" my sketch gallery sky atlas, dso guide for printing Post Extras:       Cygnus_x1 Sketcher Extraordinaire Reged: 11/17/04 Posts: 2385 Loc: 50N - too far north! Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: Michael11]       #3297981 - 08/27/09 03:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow, those are great sketches. I especially like the first Veil Nebula one, well captured. -------------------- Visual Deep Sky Observing - being rebuilt Observing blog My astronomy event photos on Flickr 12 inch Dob 8 inch Celestron C8 Newtonian 4 inch Meade SCT 8x42 Leica binoculars Various TeleVue eyepieces Post Extras:       Tommy5 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/28/04 Posts: 1821 Loc: Chicagoland Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: Cygnus_x1]       #3298358 - 08/27/09 06:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great sketches of these summer highlights of the sky. Post Extras:       kraterkid Post Laureate Reged: 03/07/05 Posts: 4548 Loc: Jacumba, California Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: Tommy5]       #3298728 - 08/27/09 09:54 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very beautifully rendered TE, I especially enjoyed your Andromeda Galaxy, wonderful detail in the dark lanes and core glow. -------------------- Rich My CN Gallery Post Extras:       rolandlinda3 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/24/06 Posts: 2233 Loc: Crozet VA 22932 Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: kraterkid]       #3298793 - 08/27/09 10:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   All very nice. That is a lot of objects for one night!! -------------------- Roland Sketches in members galleries: rolandlinda3 Inspirational stories/sketches at: www.christworksministries.org Post Extras:       CarlosEH Post Laureate Reged: 01/19/05 Posts: 4138 Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County... Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: rolandlinda3]       #3298903 - 08/27/09 11:16 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   TE, Fantastic observations of a variety of deep sky objects. You have captured them all very nicely, especially the Veil Nebula. Thank you for sharing them with us all. Carlos -------------------- Post Extras:       Kris. Pooh-Bah Reged: 09/16/04 Posts: 1276 Loc: Belgium Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: CarlosEH]       #3318602 - 09/06/09 02:15 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Beautiful sketches! especially M31 and the veil imo. -------------------- Kris To be old & wise, you first gotta be young & stupid 8" dob AstroTech 66ED/APO TAL 120 newt. my CN sketch & picture gallery Post Extras:       Jeff Young Post Laureate Reged: 08/04/05 Posts: 4115 Loc: Ireland Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: Kris.]       #3319025 - 09/06/09 06:45 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Excellent work, Tenth Enemy! Love M31. -- Jeff. -------------------- Nikon 18x70s / UA Millennium                                       Colorado: Solarscope SF70 / TV Pronto / AP400QMD                       Coronado SolarMax40 DS / Bogen 055+3130 APM MC1610 / Tak FC-100 / AP1200GTO                        Tak Mewlon 250 / AP600EGTO Post Extras:       Hrundi Pooh-Bah Reged: 02/06/08 Posts: 1231 Loc: Estonia Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: Jeff Young]       #3319153 - 09/06/09 08:13 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Absolutely incredible sketches. They almost exactly mirror what I see at the eyepiece. -------------------- Post Extras:       TenthEnemy sage Reged: 01/21/08 Posts: 428 Loc: Maryland Re: M56, veil, double-double, and M31 [Re: Hrundi]       #3319503 - 09/07/09 12:23 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thank you all for the wonderful comments. This is probably my favorite set of sketches that I've done, especially M31. I'll be visiting a darker site on the new moon weekend and try to observe and sketch M31 and the veil from there if the conditions are okay. Do me a favor and don't buy any telescopes this week or next -------------------- Orion XT10 70mm refractor 12x50 binoculars Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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