Ngc 869 & Ngc 884 Sketch.

[Doc]

Done my first sketch last night.

Below is a sketch of the Double Cluster. It's been enhanced slightly by adding halo's around a few bright stars but basically is an accurate view through my 32mm eyepiece.

[Doc]

A biiger photo.

[mdstuart]

A lovely sketch. Must have taken some time. My favorite way to look at this cluster is through my 15 x 70 bins...

How did you do the sketch? A manual one and then a creation on paintshop?

Mark

[Doc]

Sheet of A4 paper then drew round a saucer so have a circle of about 5" Diameter.

Borrowed a HB and 2H pencil of my daughter and then divided the circle into 45° segments.

Different size dots for different size stars and marked colours so if it was a yellow star marked Y beside star and 1-5 for brightness of that star.

Looked to see which way was West as stars always drift towards the West.

Then went to PS CS3 and made a template and just plotted stars with different brushes and added a halo round them to make the main ones stand out.

Resized and posted here.

Thats about it.

[ashenlight]

Lovely job Mick, you certainly have talent there, its a really accurate sketch.

I'm dying to get back out there with my pencils now!

[Doc]

Cheers Amanda, give it ago it's not that hard.

[AztecastroMcJ]

yeh great sketch ,

thought there was alot more stars tho didn't count them lol,

sum of ur yellow stars looked orange to me

great pic tho must have took alot of effort nice one

[mik]

Another great sketch Mick, i look forward to your winter sketches

this year, they are always a delight to look at.

Mick.

[stefski]

Great sketch, Mick:)....I can't believe I missed this one before...I've just been comparing yours to the one I made a few months ago and posted on this forum. I love the way you've put the haloes around the brighter stars. Nice one!

Stef

[Beulah]

You're an inspiration, Mick! You are also a blessed man if you're having a load of clear skies!! In forty days I have been out with the scope twice.

[gliderpilot]

Nice sketch, Mick. I really like the way you have colured and haloed the stars, beautiful. How long did it take to make the sketch? The x2 cluster is always a favourite sight in any instrument - with binos you can get Stock 2 in the fov making it a triple cluster.

[pbyrne]

I observed this pair last night Mick and you've captured them perfectly, they are definitely on my to do sketch list.

Great work.

Paul

[Doc]

Nice sketch, Mick. I really like the way you have colured and haloed the stars, beautiful. How long did it take to make the sketch? The x2 cluster is always a favourite sight in any instrument - with binos you can get Stock 2 in the fov making it a triple cluster.

I would say for the basic sketch 30 minutes. Then about 1 hour in photoshop to place it in a template and colour stars etc.