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Carlos_dfc Senior Member Registered: June 2008 Location: Darlington UK Posts: 427	I sketched the Leo triplet of galaxies with 2B pencil on white paper - then inverted to white-on-black in Paintshop pro
	· Date: Tue August 12, 2008 · Views: 189 · Filesize: 13.3kb, 31.9kb · Dimensions: 800 x 800 ·
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Thu August 14, 2008 5:08am

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wow this must have been a sight...

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Carlos_dfc

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Registered: June 2008
Location: Darlington UK
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Mon August 25, 2008 3:23pm

Yep, the sketch was done at my favourite dark site, the area has what is generally regarded as the darkest skies in England.
From home, I can just about see m65 and m66 galaxies with a 6" reflector. In order to see the third galaxy of the 'triplet' I need to use my 10" dob.
This sketch was done with only a 4" refractor, and really does show just how much of a difference a proper dark sky can make.

I did 3 sketches that night, this one, m101, and m51
They were my first attempts at sketching deep sky objects, and I was really pleased a how well they came out.

Oh, and that night was also very cold - I had to pack up at about 1am because everything was icing up

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10" dob (home-build) - ED100 - 90mm Mak (grab'n'go) - 15x70 - 10x50 54.6°N - 1.6°W I have loved the stars too fondly - to be fearful of the night

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