M56 an unusual glob

[Richard Hather]

 

           Observing Information

DSO - M56 globular cluster 

Date - 04/08/17

Time - 23:30

Lunar Phase - Waxing gibbous 88%

Seeing - Moderate a bit of cloud and a considerably bright moon in the sky.

Equipment - Skywatcher 12" dobsonian.

Eyepieces - Explore Scientific 14mm 100

Additional info - I started my observation of M56 around 23:30.

I used my 14mm which offered 107 mag and framed the object nicely and gave me a stunning surrounding star field.

I spent the best part of an hour teasing out all the detail I could on the very open glob vey unusual indeed.

As it got astronomically dark more and more stars appeared it was tough to get them all but I did my best. 

Clear skies ✨?????

Richard

[MarsG76]

great looking sketch... looks accurate to the view in the eyepiece.

[swag72]

That's a great sketch - This thread caught my eye as I've almost finished imaging this

[Mr niall]

Fab sketch, do you use black paper or is that a negative?

[Scooot]

Yes great sketch.  

[mikeDnight]

Very very nice sketch Richard! 

[Richard Hather]

6 hours ago, swag72 said:

That's a great sketch - This thread caught my eye as I've almost finished imaging this

Nice I can't wait to see the finished image and thank you ? 

[Richard Hather]

6 hours ago, Mr niall said:

Fab sketch, do you use black paper or is that a negative?

Thank you I scan the original sketch and then invert the image but once I've filled my current sketchbook I'm going to try using white on black paper ?

[Richard Hather]

6 hours ago, MarsG76 said:

great looking sketch... looks accurate to the view in the eyepiece.

Thank you I always try and make it look as realistic as I can never easy with globs though.

[swag72]

I have done this now and I've never had to deal with so many stars before!!! 

[Richard Hather]

15 minutes ago, swag72 said:

I have done this now and I've never had to deal with so many stars before!!! 

It's such a lovely ? object to sketch though almost open cluster like so beautiful ?

[swag72]

Interesting then how things must look different at the eyepiece.... there's a mountain of tight stars in the image!

[Richard Hather]

16 minutes ago, swag72 said:

Interesting then how things must look different at the eyepiece.... there's a mountain of tight stars in the image!

Interesting have you got the image to share?

[swag72]

Just now, Richard Hather said:

Interesting have you got the image to share?

I can PM you it if you like

[Richard Hather]

Yeah pm me the image ?

[Richard Hather]

I've just had a interesting conversation with swag72 and I thought it would be neat to do a comparison.

We found it very interesting how objects look so different from an observing point of view and imaging.

Heres the image that was taken and of course the sketch I did and a close up of the image and sketch everyone's thoughts more then welcome ?

[johnfosteruk]

Fantastic sketch Richard. Stands up exceptionally well with Sara's Excellent image also.

[Pete Presland]

Excellent sketch, its very interesting to compare it to an image.

[N3ptune]

late a bit but your sketch is beautiful, good work on recording this cluster M56! (:

[Richard Hather]

14 hours ago, N3ptune said:

late a bit but your sketch is beautiful, good work on recording this cluster M56! (:

Thank you I was really pleased with the outcome took a while to get the detail though but worth it ?