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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

#5388282 - 08/26/12 04:52 PM Attachment (71 downloads)

On holiday in France I sketched some 10 globular clusters I can't see from my backyard in Belgium. M22 was a real revelation: speckled over all his surface, a lot of stars visible with some beautiful extencions. It should be a very impressive sight in a scope bigger than my 8 cm refractor (@ x111, SQM 20.8).

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

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#5388285 - 08/26/12 04:54 PM Attachment (57 downloads)

M55 was also a marvelous sight: big, but not so bright, speckled over all his surface, some stars visible at the border (8cm @ x111, SQM 20.8).

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

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#5388286 - 08/26/12 04:55 PM Attachment (45 downloads)

But most globular clusters looked more like M70

(8 cm @ x79, SQM 20.8).

Edited by Jef De Wit (08/26/12 04:56 PM)

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Rutilus
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 12/17/10

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

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#5388335 - 08/26/12 05:24 PM

Jef - All great sketches. M22 is superb.

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frank5817
Postmaster

Reged: 06/13/06

Loc: Illinois

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

[Re: Rutilus]
#5388471 - 08/26/12 06:31 PM

Jef ,

Very fine work on these globulars. All the globulars are worth a look.
It would be a real treat to see M22 straight up from the tropics.

Frank

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Erix
Toad Lily

Reged: 12/25/04

Loc: Texas, USA

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

[Re: frank5817]
#5388490 - 08/26/12 06:45 PM

Great job on all of those and very nice to see what they look like through a 3" scope!

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Tommy5
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/28/04

Loc: Chicagoland

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

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#5388491 - 08/26/12 06:46 PM

Great sketches, you got the bulging middle of m-22 perfectly congrads.

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Andrev
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 02/08/11

Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

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#5388897 - 08/26/12 10:43 PM

Jef

I join the others to tell its beautiful.

Andre.

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niteskystargazer
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/05/09

Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5389716 - 08/27/12 12:52 PM

Jef,

Very good sketches of M-22, M-55 & M-70

.

CS,KLU,

,

Tom

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

[Re: niteskystargazer]
#5391630 - 08/28/12 02:24 PM

Thanks for your nice words!

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rodelaet
Post Laureate

Reged: 04/28/06

Loc: 50°56' N - 4°58' E (Belgium)

Re: Two beautiful globulars: M22 en M55 new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5391874 - 08/28/12 04:52 PM

Jef,

Excellent job on these globs!

M22 is one of my favorites, showing hints of structure in a 15x70 binocular as well. Your sketch of M22 reminds me of my own impression of a few years back. I then imagined branches of stars growing out of the cluster. Too bad we have to travel south to admire its splendor.

Clear skies,

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