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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

A naked eye Cepheus
#5384757 - 08/24/12 03:13 PM Attachment (40 downloads)

I'm not used to sketch naked eye (with all the light pollution at my home), but tried this one on a dark holiday place in France. I sketch the house of the king for the nebulocity at the south of Cepheus (named Star 11 or Cepheus OB2 Association). In fact it is a side-branch of the Milkyway (I sketched just a part at the east of the pentagon).
The weakest star I could see was mag 5.6 (I expected more with a SQM 21.2). Most stars looked a little bit "fuzzy". Two stars (at the south) had an orange color.
The original sketch is almost A4, pencil on white paper, color was added digital.
All comments are welcome, I know there still could be some improvement.

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JeanB
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 07/11/11

Loc: Montreal, Canada

Re: A naked eye Cepheus new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5384767 - 08/24/12 03:20 PM

Hi Jeff,

what improvement do you need? The rendering of the nebulosity looks pretty natural as it is.

Very nice sketch!

Jean

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: A naked eye Cepheus new

[Re: JeanB]
#5384782 - 08/24/12 03:35 PM

Thanks Jean!

Quote:

what improvement do you need?

Rendering of the bright stars?

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rolandlinda3
Post Laureate

Reged: 01/24/06

Loc: Crozet VA 22932

Re: A naked eye Cepheus new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5384812 - 08/24/12 03:52 PM

That is really pretty. Nice rendering!

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Erix
Toad Lily

Reged: 12/25/04

Loc: Texas, USA

Re: A naked eye Cepheus new

[Re: rolandlinda3]
#5385321 - 08/24/12 09:41 PM

Those types of sketches are very difficult to do and you've done a wonderful job with it! My only comment would be to plot more stars if you can see them on the whole sketch, not just within Cepheus. But I guess that would just depend on if you wanted a true representation of that part of the sky or just to highlight Cepheus.