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Moonshane

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I sketched this in rough thinking it was 41p but then found the comet later. It was in about the same area of UMa as the comet was on 24/3 but I could not locate again.

Anyone else make the same mistake and identify my galaxy?

The diamond asterism was quite noticeable in the one degree field.

Galaxy is at bottom next to a star.

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3 hours ago, Moonshane said:

Yeah agreed. Found easily on Saturday and also later on the Friday but this has me flummoxed.  I think Mark @mdstuart saw this one.

I think 3610 is in Andromeda?

Oh. Sky Safari has NGC3610 in UMa close to your region sketched but I can quite picture the asterism from your sketch which I'm sure is more accurate than Sky Safari! :icon_biggrin:

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Thinking about it, I do recall adjusting my telrad alignment after the sketch was done and I think this explains my misjudgment on placement. I think if anyone needed proof of the benefit of even rudimentary sketches like this then they have it here! I tend to do a rough version like this at the eyepiece and then closely copy into my notes with a tidy up (only making reference to my original sketch and notes). I'll upload it in due course to this thread.

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Spot on Paul with NGC 3945 mag 10.5 galaxy.  Obviously this is the Newtonian view 

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I struggled Friday between all the wrong directions but once I settled in Saturday I got it no problems although it had moved on a bit from then. Just to add was it Friday you did the sketch Shane?

Here is was Friday midnight (green cross where NGC3945 is)

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Saturday midnight

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Sunday midnight

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Was a nice find but did take quite a bit.

 

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I made an observation of this galaxy, NGC 3945, a couple of years ago. Here it is. Taking into account the difference in the field size (mine is just 20'), you can see that the drawings match up pretty well. Nice to find someone else who draws galaxies!

 

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Phew! Just been trying to work out whether I had sketched 41p or something else. I found this pic of the comet on astrobin on the night I drew it:

 

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, DeepSkyBagger said:

I made an observation of this galaxy, NGC 3945, a couple of years ago. Here it is. Taking into account the difference in the field size (mine is just 20'), you can see that the drawings match up pretty well. Nice to find someone else who draws galaxies!

 

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Very Cool Patrick!

 

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