Cluster sketches August 6

[MZack]

A few clear hours tonight. Two sketches using an 8 inch cassegrain of the clusters NGC 663 and M103 x 101 and x135 respectively.  Third sketch is view my 82mm APM binoculars of Cr 399 or the “Coathanger” at x25. 

[RobertI]

Nice rendition of the coat hanger. 👍 

[SwiMatt]

Very very nice @MZack! I particularly like your rendition of M103 - but that may be my own bias since it's one of my favorite clusters 😉

[MZack]

58 minutes ago, SwiMatt said:

Very very nice @MZack! I particularly like your rendition of M103 - but that may be my own bias since it's one of my favorite clusters 😉

Thank you. It’s a nice object and at low powers that and nearby clusters like 663 form a nice view. This was a much higher power and it brought out the background a bit more. I’m sure in darker skies than mine there is more definition.