catman161 Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Quite a seasonal one this one When I was done capturing avis of Jupiter (all of which didn't amount to much unfortunately) I spent some time at the eyepiece using the good old deep sky tour function on the NEQ6 handset- I do like that function if you haven't prepared a list for the evening. Anyway, had a look at a few objects then next in the list was "The Christmas Tree Cluster". I do like this one and it looked okay in the TV Ethos 13mm despite the terrible conditions that night so much so in fact that I reached for my pad and pencils. I like this open cluster, comparatively at my new house I could see a lot more stars in it than I remember seeing when I was in inner city Leicester. Viewed with a 200P mounted on an NEQ6 Pro through a Televue Ethos 13mm eyepiece and sketched under red light with HB 2 and 2H pencils. Also utilised (quite a lot!) was the aptley named Staedtler "Mars Plastic" eraser I used photosphop CS2 to invert the sketch, other than that the drawing is "as is". Enjoy. NGC2264 Sketch by Gattouomo161, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Nice and seasonal Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Graham Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 humbug :lol: Nice one Felix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Oh you've fell out of bed have you!! Father Christmas is watching you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 humbug :lol: Nice one Felix Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 nice sketch but I have to agree with Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Nice one Felix But you gotta get the pencil polar aligned - there's a bit of lead trailing in those stars hahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Nice Felix. Is it known as the Conifer Tree Cluster for the rest of the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Share Posted December 8, 2013 nice sketch but I have to agree with Graham Man you guys are right scrooges Nice Felix. Is it known as the Conifer Tree Cluster for the rest of the year? It will be from now on Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazz Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I like that, very festive :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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