· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Two Messier globulars       #4568374 - 05/07/11 10:44 PM Attachment (45 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Last night I observed with my 15-inch despite the pretty poor sky conditions, but I was able to get nice views of a few globular clusters. In particular I was interested in M-5 and M-62, and I made sketches of them from my drive way. I used a 8mm Orion Stratus eyepiece and a TeleVue Paracorr, which yielded a magnification of about 250X. The seeing was fair, but it did shatter these globular clusters and a few others into stars. Like the drawing I made of NGC-3242, I made them right from the driveway. Taras Post Extras:       Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: Achernar]       #4568377 - 05/07/11 10:46 PM Attachment (40 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This is the drawing I made of M-62, whose lopsided, comet like appearance was obvious. Taras Post Extras:       frank5817 Postmaster Reged: 06/13/06 Loc: Illinois Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: Achernar]       #4569172 - 05/08/11 11:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Taras, These are both very fine sketches of these globulars. M 5 in recent years has become my favorite globular in a large scope with its spirals of stars like a pinwheel. Nice work Frank Post Extras:       Jef De Wit Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/06/09 Loc: Hove, Belgium Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: frank5817]       #4569539 - 05/08/11 02:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I'm always impressed by globular-sketches! Fine work! Post Extras:       Rutilus Pooh-Bah Reged: 12/17/10 Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: Jef De Wit]       #4569904 - 05/08/11 05:03 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   They are very nice indeed. Post Extras:       JayinUT I'm not Sleepy Reged: 09/19/08 Loc: Utah Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: Rutilus]       #4570505 - 05/08/11 11:00 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Excellent' Post Extras:       Sol Robbins Carpal Tunnel Reged: 12/01/03 Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: JayinUT]       #4570875 - 05/09/11 06:37 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Great! Post Extras:       nitsky sage Reged: 03/15/10 Loc: Cologne,New jersey Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: Sol Robbins]       #4570903 - 05/09/11 07:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Beautiful work! I spend all my time stairing at galaxys, and at the end of the night I try to treat myself to some 'eye candy' to relax before going in. Well after seeing your' work, I think I'll give some globulars a go with my pencil. Would increase the amount of time I could observe. Thank you for kindling this flame with your' fine work. Clearskys, and many of them, Dave Post Extras:       joelimite Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/01/08 Loc: Fayetteville, AR Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: nitsky]       #4570981 - 05/09/11 08:41 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Excellent sketches of M5 and M62, Taras! That new 15-inch scope of yours offers some impressive views. Post Extras:       voyager75 member Reged: 08/26/09 Loc: Naples, Italy Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: joelimite]       #4571001 - 05/09/11 09:04 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow!! Really you see that? Wonderful sketches! Post Extras:       niteskystargazer Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/05/09 Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: Achernar]       #4571167 - 05/09/11 10:54 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Taras, Two beautiful sketches of Messier Globulars . CS,KLU, , Tom Post Extras:       Special Ed Postmaster Reged: 05/18/03 Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: niteskystargazer]       #4571305 - 05/09/11 12:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice work, Taras. You've made the globs appear luminous. How did you do that? Post Extras:       Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: voyager75]       #4571308 - 05/09/11 12:28 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I've seen them better than that with an eight or ten inch telescope from a dark site, light pollution really hinders what you can see even when an object is visible from a city. Even a six inch plainly shows the lopsided nature of M-62 from a dark site, but it takes a fifteen inch to start showing the stars from my house, the cluster otherwise looks like a comet through smaller apertures. Taras Post Extras:       maroubra_boy sage Reged: 09/08/09 Loc: Sydney, Australia Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: Achernar]       #4571999 - 05/09/11 06:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   You've managed to get some nice depth into the GC's. Along with an almost silver sheen too. Lovely stuff. Post Extras:       CarlosEH Postmaster Reged: 01/19/05 Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County... Re: Two Messier globulars [Re: maroubra_boy]       #4572242 - 05/09/11 09:08 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Taras, Excellent observations of M5 and M62. You have captured both globular clusters very nicely. Thank you for sharing them with us all. Carlos Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 3 registered and 7 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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