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[chrislon_geo]

Recent sketch of the most popular and awe-inspiring Messier object. I hope you enjoy.

 

Info:

• Celestron 8SE
• 6.3x focal reducer
• 8mm Starguider
• 160x magnification
• 0.37° FOV

Sketching Equipment:

• white printer paper
• mechanical pencil
• blending stump

Process:

• sketched at the eyepiece
• after sketching I traced it on to a new sheet of paper and made sure star placements were correct, shading looked good, and stars were nice pinpoints
• scanned as a JPEG
• inverted in SnapSeed app

 

 

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Edited by chrislon_geo, 01 April 2024 - 12:01 PM.

[CowTipton]

Incredible detail!

[Ed L.]

Worthy of a blue ribbon award!

[chrislon_geo]

Incredible detail!

Thanks! It took nearly 3 hours to do the shading on the upper star.

[JMSchwartz]

Nice seperation 

Cheers Jon 

[pyrasanth]

I think you would get a lot more detail if the image was inverted.

[bphaneuf]

Thanks! It took nearly 3 hours to do the shading on the upper star.

[jmillsbss]

I feel like more aperture would be helpful for pulling out more detail in the Ha regions.

 

Still, for the employed aperture, it shows great promise.  Perhaps darker skies would help.

 

I also enjoy this object with a vertical orientation.

 

Keep at it. You're getting better!!!

[chrislon_geo]

I think you would get a lot more detail if the image was inverted.

Like this?

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[frank5817]

They all show up on April first.

[AGrayson]

I don't believe I've seen a more detailed sketch, absolutely mind boggling. I'm flying to the darkest skies now to even attempt an observation like this

In all seriousness, may I ask how you invert the image in Snapseed? Thanks.

Edited by AGrayson, 01 April 2024 - 03:53 PM.

[72Nova]

I have always been interested in sketching but didn’t think I had the talent for it.

 

You sir are an inspiration!

 

I’m thinking that I might be able to pull this off with some effort and dedication.

Edited by 72Nova, 01 April 2024 - 04:39 PM.

[AstroBoyInTheCity]

April sketch contest winner here, fo’ sho!

[nof]

I mistook it for a comet until I saw the Messier designation

[Herodotus]

Beautiful rendering!!! Inspiring!

[niteskystargazer]

Chris,

 

Nice sketch of M-40 - (The most stunning Messier object)  .

 

CDS,KLU,

 

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Tom

[Vedran]

Hehe, nice one