SteveB72 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 We had a great session last night looking at various objects in Orion. M42 was just amazing, there was so much detail visible. My 7 year old daughter was inspired to try and sketch what she could see.I also managed to observe M78, NGC1973, NGC1980, NGC1999, NGC 2022 (a small planetary which was hard to find).I finished off with Sirius B, I could see a very faint star very close to Sirius with my 9mm EP (200X magnification) and quick look at Jupiter.A really enjoyable session, thank you for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotterless45 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 That's impressive, it's lovely to show the young ones these treasures,Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevend Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 As you say M42 was amazing last night. I had a quick look through my 10x50s before setting up and could not believe the detail I could see. Even better to share with your daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenlandPaul Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 That's a great sketch. What an exciting scope for a 7 year old to look through!!Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAN or ASTROMAN Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I would be proud of that sketch, if I managed to produce anything like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB72 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 Thank you all for the encouragement she wants to draw more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevend Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Nice photo. I am trying to work out whether your daughter is tiny or your scope is huge. Refer anyone thinking of getting a 16" DOB to this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rory Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Great sketch . Very impressive . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB72 Posted December 22, 2014 Author Share Posted December 22, 2014 She is still quite small but the scope is fairly big, particularly when carrying it outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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