davhei Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Just back in from a nice dark sky session where I had my first look at these two messiers in UMa. Lovely pair that I thought were very prominent. Was observing close to zenith which made finding them a bit awkward but I’m glad I persisted. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy 67 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 That is a fantastic sketch!!....in more ways than one. Tonight I posted a report in the Observing Report section about last night and my observations of M97. I wasn’t sure I was actually seeing it but your sketch and the prominent 2 stars to the left confirm it!!...Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davhei Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, Jiggy 67 said: That is a fantastic sketch!!....in more ways than one. Tonight I posted a report in the Observing Report section about last night and my observations of M97. I wasn’t sure I was actually seeing it but your sketch and the prominent 2 stars to the left confirm it!!...Thanks That’s really cool, glad I could help! Read your report and enjoyed it, actually had M53 on my list too but never got around to it. Got absorbed by the more spectacular M3 and M5 instead. Next time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Excellent sketch ! An O-III filter makes M97 pop into view quite a bit easier but thats at the expense of M108 which all but disappears so if you want to see both in the view, unfiltered is better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davhei Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, John said: Excellent sketch ! An O-III filter makes M97 pop into view quite a bit easier but thats at the expense of M108 which all but disappears so if you want to see both in the view, unfiltered is better. Thanks! Didn’t think of using the OIII-filter actually, have to do that next time. Would be interested to see if it is possible to see the owl eyes. Edited March 22, 2020 by davhei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ships and Stars Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 8 hours ago, davhei said: Thanks! Didn’t think of using the OIII-filter actually, have to do that next time. Would be interested to see if it is possible to see the owl eyes. I've not managed to resolve the 'owl eyes' with my 12" under town light pollution, but recently saw M97 with a large dob from a very dark site, it absolutely jumped out, looked like it ran on batteries, it was quite bright and the eyes were easily visible. If I try my hand at sketching, I'll have to try for this one! Great sketch! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 16 hours ago, davhei said: Thanks! Didn’t think of using the OIII-filter actually, have to do that next time. Would be interested to see if it is possible to see the owl eyes. If your skies are dark and transparent, you may well get suggestions of where they are. Certainly the face of the nebulous disk will show some contrast variations. M97 is a particularly good O-III target I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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