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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 nunciusaustralis member Reged: 09/25/09 Posts: 95 Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil Stellar Field. 001       #3405158 - 10/22/09 10:08 PM Attachment (13 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   An experience. -------------------- Nuncius Australis 70mm celestron EQ 9x50 finderscope 15X80mm binocular 20mm e 10mm k eye pieces 2xomni barlow www.nunciusaustralis.blogspot.com Post Extras:       frank5817 Post Laureate Reged: 06/13/06 Posts: 4084 Loc: Illinois Re: Stellar Field. 001 [Re: nunciusaustralis]       #3405489 - 10/23/09 01:56 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nuncius, I love it. It's bold and carefully drawn. Frank -------------------- my gallery Post Extras:       GlennLeDrew Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/18/08 Posts: 1267 Loc: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Re: Stellar Field. 001 [Re: frank5817]       #3406997 - 10/23/09 08:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   An experience, or an experiment? -------------------- Home-made 11X50 right angle bino, 8.1 deg. FOV Modified 26X100 bino, 3.5 deg. FOV Home-made Mk II RA bino, using interchangeable objectives and eyepieces My Gallery Mediocre minds discuss people. Good minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas. Post Extras:       nunciusaustralis member Reged: 09/25/09 Posts: 95 Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil Re: Stellar Field. 001 [Re: GlennLeDrew]       #3410805 - 10/25/09 09:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Maybe both. -------------------- Nuncius Australis 70mm celestron EQ 9x50 finderscope 15X80mm binocular 20mm e 10mm k eye pieces 2xomni barlow www.nunciusaustralis.blogspot.com Post Extras:       Jeremy Perez Carpal Tunnel Reged: 08/12/04 Posts: 1930 Loc: Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Re: Stellar Field. 001 [Re: nunciusaustralis]       #3414260 - 10/27/09 03:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nuncius, thanks for sharing your work. It looks like you took a lot of care to represent the broad variation between the brightest cluster members and fainter stars. How did you enjoy the process? I know I tend to put off sketching rich star fields for times when I'm feeling pretty ambitious. -------------------- Orion SVP 6LT (6" f/8 Newt) || Orion XT8 (8" f/5.9 Dob) || 15x70 Oberwerk Binoculars || Coronado PST The Belt Of Venus || Sketch Gallery || Sketching Resources || Astro-Photo Gallery Post Extras:       nunciusaustralis member Reged: 09/25/09 Posts: 95 Loc: Rio de janeiro, Brazil Re: Stellar Field. 001 [Re: Jeremy Perez]       #3415131 - 10/27/09 10:48 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The main diference is the softnes of the pencil. H2 for background and 6b or even 8B for the brighter members. -------------------- Nuncius Australis 70mm celestron EQ 9x50 finderscope 15X80mm binocular 20mm e 10mm k eye pieces 2xomni barlow www.nunciusaustralis.blogspot.com Post Extras:       CarlosEH Post Laureate Reged: 01/19/05 Posts: 4138 Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County... Re: Stellar Field. 001 [Re: nunciusaustralis]       #3416965 - 10/28/09 09:17 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nuncius, An excellent observation of M7. This is one of my favorite open star clusters. Thank you for sharing it with us all. Carlos -------------------- Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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