Melotte 111
Hello sketchers,
What is called the second closest star cluster to our sun? Looking at it with a
scope is of little use, because the grouping covers about 5° of sky. Some of its
stars look so bright in a scope, as if one can almost touch them. So here it is, my
impression of this beautiful naked eye cluster. I used the lowest power available,
but even the fov of 3° is not large enough to cover the cluster. So the sketch is a
composite image of overlapping observations. Because of the low power, the sky-glow
washes out al stars fainter than mag 10.9. I hope you like my impression.
Date : May 5, 2007
Time : 22.00UT
Scope : SkyWatcher 102/500
TV SP 32mm eyepiece
Power : 15
FOV: 5°
Filter : none
Seeing : 2.5/5
Nelm : 5.1
Sketch Orientation : N up, W right.
Digital sketch made with a digital tablet and PhotoPaint, based on a raw pencil sketch.
Rony De Laet
http://www.geocities.com/rodelaet, my personal website.
Rony I do like it very much it is quite beautiful. Well done and thanks for sharing it with us.
Warm regards, Dale
Rony,
That is a beautiful sketch! Thanks for posting this cosmic gem.
Jason
Rony,
For spectacular open clusters this one is right at the top of the list. You have done a wonderful job of sketching this cluster, which I and probably others use as a pointer to edge on galaxy NGC 4565. Excellent work and selection for sketching.
Frank
Another fantastic wide-field sketch!
Wonderful!
Sebastian