jdg600 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 A quick sketch of M65 and M66 from Saturday morning. I had to work fast because the Moon was rising and the Sun was about to. After tidying up in Paintshop Pro this is the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike73 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Very nice John.I don't think you can beat seeing more than one galaxy in the same field of view.Using Paintshop Pro certainly makes for a very clean sketch aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul M Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I imagine sketching is very rewarding and guides the observer to really search out the detail. I'm a very poor drawer but, inspired by what I see here, I hope to have a go at sketching one night. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdg600 Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 As you say Mike seeing two galaxies in the same fov is always nice. Its the first time I've seen these two and I definitely want to have another look at them under a darker sky. M81 and M82 are my favourites. I'm no artist either Paul but I do enjoy sketching at the eyepiece and would recommend it to anyone. Often its just a case of drawing dots and smudges which takes no great skill. I then like to scan my efforts into Paintshop to tidy them up and colour invert them. The resulting images are no great works of art but I do like to keep them just as a reminder of what I've seen and when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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