9th August Messiers

[pbyrne]

Hi there.

The first clear night in months had me out under the stars again and I got to hunt down some Messiers to sketch.

I hope you enjoy them.

M17

I was amazed at how bright this object was, even at x56 it was so obvious, despite being low in the sky. Did I get it right?

M16

The cluster of stars is easy to see, the nebula itself was very difficult, I tried an O-III, but it showed very little and averted vision was very helpful.

M75

This globular has a very distinct core with a surrounding halo of nebulosity. No individual star could be seen.

M13

I have been putting off sketching M13, simply because it scared me, there is so much detail to see. I took a deep breath and started, and enjoyed every minute of it. The entire sketch took about 45 minutes with going back and forth to see new things.

Thanks for your time.

[Llamanaut]

Paul awesome sketches mate, I especially like M13, great detail

[Pete Presland]

like them a lot great work well done

[DarkerSky]

Fantastic sketching Paul That M13 is delicious !! You've captured those beautiful star streamers really well. You know, I have the same fear of sketching M13 as you had. I have thought about doing a sketch several times, but always chickened out

I take my hat off to you with that one.

Btw, really like your eagle nebula too. I spied it with my 12" earlier in the summer and found that an OIII really helped to define the nebulosity. I think you've captured the delicacy of it really well