First DSO sketch attempt

[tbird]

With the clearest skies for ages I thought I would have a go at sketching my observations. I've had a couple of poor attempts at drawing Jupiter and these are my first trys at DSO's.

Drawn on white, in pencil then image reversed in Paint. I was having some difficulty with the wind moving the scope and even though I was working with a red light, I found it was affecting my vision at the eyepiece.

Telescope SW 300p, EP 25mm BST explorer and 13mm Nagler.

Any comments appreciated.

M81 & M82

M31, M32 & M110

M33

[callisto]

Nice sketches,

The M31 sketch resembles what you see through the eyepiece very well

BTW, do you get a good FOV with the 25mm BST?

I have just ordered one so hopefuly it will do the job

Mark.

[andrew63]

It's always good to see sketches - they provide a better idea of what the view is like from the eyepiece.

andrew

[tbird]

The 25mm BST explorer will show M32 at one edge of the FOV with a hint of brightness from M110 at the opposite side, if that gives you some idea.

I pleased you feel it's an accurate representation of what you see at the eyepiece.

I not so happy with M33, what I was trying to capture was the areas of brightness I could see and especially the knot of stars in the lower part of the picture. I've not spent as long observing M33 as Amdromeda Galaxy. With a bit more time I think I get more detail.