Hello,
this week I take the chance at the first April to sketch Messier 64. First I observed the supernovae in M 65. I needed more than 2 hours to confirm the sighting with my 10″ ACF. I appreciate the brightness was somewhat less 15 mag and my telescope was at its limit. The conditions were quite good (no wind, temperatures about 0° C, dry air). After this I enjoyed the nice galaxies in Coma Berenices and Virgo Cluster. Markarians Chain is always feast for the eyes. M 64 was the last galaxy in this observing session and so took my pencil and paper block to hold the impressions.
Unfortunately, there were problems with my scanner. The finer details don´t come out and some areas are to brihgt. I hope you like the result anyway.
Object: Galaxy
Name: Messier 64
Telescope: 10″ ACF SC
Eyepiece: 22mm Nagler
Magnification: 120x
Location: Germany near Tauberbischofsheim
Medium: White paper and pencil – inverted colors with Windows Paint
CS Uwe
Thank you…
my eye’s have happiness
Galaxy M64 sketch very Reality an enemy
Uwe,
That is an excellent sketch of M-64 and fine persistance in capturing the supernova in M-65.
Frank 🙂