M 45 The Pleiades
Everyone has seen it. Many have sketched it. And recently I discovered in all the times I have observed it and admired its beauty I have never attempted a sketch of the Pleiades. I fail to get that great dark sky view from my location but the eyepiece shows the sisters in their blue white.
This is how I see it in a small Dobsonian telescope from my poor viewing location near Chicago .
Sketch drawn using a 4.25″ f/5 Dobsonian telescope and a 24mm eyepiece for 22 power magnification.
Partly cloudy, Seeing 6/10, Transparency 7/10
Date, Time and Place November 28, 2010, 12:00am – 12 40am, Oak Forest, Illinois
Inverted sketch with HB and B graphite pencils on white copy paper. Some star brightness adjustments with Microsoft Paint.
Frank McCabe
Hi Frank,
Nice picture done with a modest scope from a town location. Nicely shows what can be done with such gear from what many consider a location not capable of rendering a decent vista.
Your sketch has a nice ‘electric’ feel to it. This cluster is such a sack-full-of-diamonds, that the challenge lies in duplicating this energy.
Good one, mate!
Alex M.
Frank
A real pleasing rendition of the Pleiades.
Great work.
Scott.
Alex and Scott,
Thank you both for your comments.
Frank