December 20th 2009

[pbyrne]

Hi there

On a lovely crisp and clear night I got a galaxy and two planetaries.

I hope you like them.

M77

The Cetus galaxy had a very well defined core with the surrounding nebulous material being uniform in appearance.

M76 The Little Dumbbell

The double lobes were clearly visible, the gap between them prominent.

NGC 7662 The Blue Snowball

The colour was there, but it was very subtle, looking ciy blue in appearence, much like Sirius.

Thanks for taking the time.

Paul

[Bizibilder]

Lovely drawings - Thanks for sharing.

[stefski]

Lovely detailed drawings, Paul. I like the 'close up' of M76 particularly. Could you make out the central star at all, it's about mag14.5 or something (pretty much at the visible limit of your scope) ?

Stef

[pbyrne]

Thanks to you both.

The central star was invisible Stef, from my light polluted back garden it would be impossible to see.

Paul

[johnh]

Great nights trawl, best is M76 which is very difficult but you managed to get both components.

M77 is always pleasing in any sized scope although it is small.

7662 is tiny but you got the annulus shape well.

JohnH.

[DarkerSky]

Super sketches. My favourite of the bunch is M77. You've captured some wonderful detail there. It's a galaxy i've not looked at in a while