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Roel
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Reged: 04/22/07
Loc: Deventer, The Netherlands
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Low Messier 8 through a 80mm refractor
#5329667 - 07/22/12 12:00 PM Attachment (55 downloads)
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After literally weeks of rainfall and clouds, last night the sky finally cleared. I took my little 80mm f/6,25 refrator out to a fairly dark site to observe some low Milky Way objects. In the Netherlands Messier 8 rises only 14 degrees above the southern horizon, but because of the very transparant sky much more detail than I expected was visible. Using an Orion Ultrablock filter the dark lane was pretty prominent, and the bright patch on the western side of the nebula appeared to glow. It was a wonderful sight at 38x (13mm Vixen LVW), even at its low altitude.
The sketch was made with a black pen (fot the stars) and a 2H graphite pencil (for the nebulosity) on a piece of white paper. Inverted and orientation-flip using Photoshop.
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Rutilus
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Reged: 12/17/10
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Re: Low Messier 8 through a 80mm refractor
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#5329786 - 07/22/12 01:17 PM
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Super.
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John K
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 12/26/05
Loc: Vernon BC Canada
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Re: Low Messier 8 through a 80mm refractor
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#5329870 - 07/22/12 02:25 PM
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great sketch.
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Heidescoper
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Reged: 11/21/10
Loc: Niedersachsen, Germany
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Re: Low Messier 8 through a 80mm refractor
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#5330057 - 07/22/12 04:25 PM
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nice sketch !
Layst night at the same time I observed M8 too with my 16" Dob + O III. The sky was very clear after the rainy weather.
Bye
Christian
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phily
sage
Reged: 12/18/04
Loc: Kent, UK
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Re: Low Messier 8 through a 80mm refractor
[Re: Heidescoper]
#5330080 - 07/22/12 04:37 PM
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That's a great sketch, with excellent detail.
Phil
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JeanB
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Reged: 07/11/11
Loc: Montreal, Canada
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Re: Low Messier 8 through a 80mm refractor
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#5330332 - 07/22/12 07:59 PM
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Beautiful work, Roel!
Jean
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frank5817
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Reged: 06/13/06
Loc: Illinois
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Re: Low Messier 8 through a 80mm refractor
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#5330399 - 07/22/12 08:45 PM
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Roel,
Beautiful sketch of M8 you captured the region of the hourglass very bright. There is much to be said for dark sky views of M8, M20, M42 etc. in a small scope.
Frank 
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Ed D
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 04/30/10
Loc: Sunny South Florida
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Re: Low Messier 8 through a 80mm refractor
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#5332048 - 07/23/12 08:36 PM
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Beautiful sketch. I'm glad you got such a good view from that far north.
Ed D
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niteskystargazer
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Reged: 10/05/09
Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W
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Re: Low Messier 8 through a 80mm refractor
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#5332885 - 07/24/12 10:42 AM
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Roel,
Very fine sketch of M-8 .
CS,KLU,
Tom
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