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Aldebaran
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Reged: 09/30/06
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Loc: Turku, Finland
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Hello,
During couple of last nights, here in Southwestern Finland have been exceptionally good weather and clear sky. That has meant that I have spent some time in my dark sky observing place in the archipelago of Turunmaa, Southwestern Finland.
Here are couple of sketches, just for starters (more will be coming later)!
Milky way
Instrument: Naked eye
Observing place: Parainen, Finland
Date: 14/15.9.2009
Time: 22.50
Conditions: seeing 2, BB 2, NELM 6,3
Clear sky, calm, pretty warm air
Messier 15
Instrument: Newton 10''
Observing place: Parainen, Finland
Date: 15/16.9.2009
Time: 23.50
Conditions: seeing 3, BB 2, NELM 6,4
Clear sky, calm, pretty warm and moist air
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Juha
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Instruments:
10'' Newton
3'' Lens (RFT)
7x18 Binos
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http://juhansivut.pp.fi/Deepsky (my deep sky pages)
Taivaanpallo (my amateur astronomy blog in finnish)
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kraterkid
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Loc: Jacumba, California
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Juha, these are just beautiful sketches!  Fantastic northern latitude Milky Way!  Awesome M15, it appears resolved to its luminous core. Wonderful sketch work. 
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Rich
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frank5817
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Loc: Illinois
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Juha,
That is one fine dark sky view of the Milky Way.
Some folks do not sketch the intense core of M 15 the way you have done here but that is just the way I see it. Fantastic sketch of M 15. Actually both sketches are marvelous. 
Frank 
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Tommy5
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Gret skeches you must have some fantastic skies to see such sights, the dark rift in mm, wow thanks for posting.
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JayinUT
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Loc: Utah
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I love your capture of M15. Wonderful capture of the details of the patterns and stars. In your sketch it just pops out like in the EP.
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Jay in Utah
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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.
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Aldebaran
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Reged: 09/30/06
Posts: 105
Loc: Turku, Finland
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Thank you for your kind comments, Rich, Frank, Tommy and Jay!
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Juha
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Instruments:
10'' Newton
3'' Lens (RFT)
7x18 Binos
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http://juhansivut.pp.fi/Deepsky (my deep sky pages)
Taivaanpallo (my amateur astronomy blog in finnish)
Edited by Aldebaran (09/17/09 04:12 PM)
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CarlosEH
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Juha,
Excellent observations of the Milky Way and M15. The Milky Way must have been spectacular from your dark site. M15 is very well rendered. Thank you for sharing them with us all.
Carlos
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