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Cygnus_x1
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As someone who dislikes sketching open clusters, I found that useful Jake. You make some suggestions I would not have thought of, such as the use of a ruler.
One more thing: how do you get your stars so round? Mine are dreadful, they end up looking like commas sometimes!
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JakeSaloranta
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One more thing: how do you get your stars so round? Mine are dreadful, they end up looking like commas sometimes!
The very super secret method of round stars is: round them up inside. You never get them round enough in the dark and cold 
It is also funny to look back in time and check out some old observations. It is funny how much more one can see with little practice and how drawing tecniques have improved over the years...
Here's an example of IC 342:
IC 342 with 3" refractor @ 32x
IC 342 with 4.7" refractor @ 60x
/Jake
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Cygnus_x1
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Thanks Jake. Yeah, trying to get them round in the dark is a lost cause! I try and get my sketches right at the scope, but sometimes that isn't possible - what looks good under dim red light may look like a dog's dinner indoors under white light!
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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
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CarlosEH
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Jake,
An excellent tutorial on how you produce an observation of an open star cluster. This tutorial will help many observers with their own observations. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
Carlos
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