Object name: Double cluster in Perseus NGC 869 and NGC 884
Object type: Open cluster
Location: Bogotá, Colombia.
Date: 06-NOV-2012
Media: Graphite pencil and yellow notebook paper. Scanned and inverted.
Equipment: 15X70 Binoculars
Hello all,
Since June of the last year i started this hobbie to sketch the objects i saw from my very light polluted area. As a begginer i think is a good way to learn and memorize the sky. This page and also ronys site are my favorites and i would like to make a page like that. Unfortunately i still have some problems trying to make better my sketches by using photoshop.
This sketch was performed on 3 nights of observation and it was easy to find from deltha Cas because my view of Perseus is obstructed by my neighbor building. In the denses areas of the cluster i can not resolve the stars but they together are seen like an clearer area compared with the reddish/blue (becasue LP) background.
Thanks to all for watching.
Very nice sketch, having sketched this cluster myself I can appreciate the time and effort you took in doing your sketch. Nice detail and good “feeling” in your work … well done.
Mike
Luis,
A well made sketch of the fine double cluster.
Frank 🙂
@Frank McCabe
Recently i had started a blog with my sketches and I re-processed this one with protoshop. Please visit my blog on http://pollutedskiesstargazing.blogspot.com/. Thanks!!!