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M39 and M52 sketches
#5438814 - 09/24/12 09:17 PM
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So last night I went out to do a few sketches. Since I've only done a few previously, maybe about 10 or so, I decided to start over on my Messier sketch hunt. So here are my first sketches on my new hunt for Messiers. I needed to take a break from photographing, and start examining some of these objects the old fashioned way. Took observation notes, spent quite a bit of time examining these objects before I even started writing or sketching them. Such a different feeling than finding an object and attaching a camera. Can't wait to get out to do more.
M39: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--njhKqlWjmc/UGEFMcf97eI/AAAAAAAAElY/SoWrw-SU2uA/s1440/M39%252009-24-12.jpg
M52: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gKciNS_mXBY/UGEFMfT4L0I/AAAAAAAAElc/17iPV6Y4rDM/s1440/M52%252009-24-12.jpg
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Undermidnight
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Re: M39 and M52 sketches
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#5439045 - 09/25/12 12:41 AM
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I like these!!! I also like the observing notes.
Jason
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frank5817
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Re: M39 and M52 sketches
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#5439062 - 09/25/12 01:05 AM
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Michael,
These are fine sketches made all the better with notes.
Frank 
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AdirondackAstro
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Re: M39 and M52 sketches
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#5439434 - 09/25/12 10:02 AM
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Thank you both very much. I debated cropping the notes but figured it adds to the actual sketch.
Since these are my first sketches in a while and I'm taking it more seriously than before I'm starting small with some open clusters before I break into nebula and galaxies.
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#5439617 - 09/25/12 11:46 AM
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Can't wait to get out to do more.
That's the spirit 
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JeanB
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#5440226 - 09/25/12 04:48 PM
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Mike,
two wonderful pieces of work. I agree, notes add something priceless to sketches.
Jean
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#5442119 - 09/26/12 05:53 PM
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Michael,
Very good sketches of M-39 & M-52 .
CS,KLU,
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AdirondackAstro
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#5442513 - 09/26/12 09:52 PM
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Thank you very much Jef, Jean, and Tom.
Now if the moon would go back to new, and the clouds go away I could get a couple more sketches in!
Clear skies.
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#5445791 - 09/28/12 08:31 PM
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Those look great. I assume pencils on white paper? I find open clusters tougher (or at least more tedious) than other DSO's to sketch.
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AdirondackAstro
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#5447220 - 09/29/12 06:17 PM
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Matt - Thank you. Yes white sketch paper I tore out of a Strathmore Sketchbook, a 2H pencil, and scanned it in. I find that the scanner didn't pick up the slight glow I put on the cluster of M52. Everything I tried to do to replicate it in PS only made it look worse. Open clusters are a bit tedious, and time consuming, but a lot of fun at the same time.
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Michael & Louise
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#5449293 - 09/30/12 10:07 PM
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Very nice sketches indeed!
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phily
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#5457929 - 10/06/12 01:05 PM
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Nice ones and great notes.
Phil
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#5461190 - 10/08/12 08:02 PM
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Thank you very much, Michael & Louise, and Phily.
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Bas van Krieken
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#5464826 - 10/11/12 03:42 AM Attachment (18 downloads)
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They look very life like
Edited by Bas van Krieken (10/11/12 03:43 AM)
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Bas van Krieken
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#5464827 - 10/11/12 03:43 AM Attachment (17 downloads)
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And M 39
Edited by Bas van Krieken (10/11/12 03:44 AM)
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AdirondackAstro
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#5465696 - 10/11/12 05:14 PM
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Thanks, and thanks for showing those Bas van Krieken. Looks like a pretty cool little app, wish there was something like that on the iPod! Does that show the objects as they appear in the specified telescope?
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