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M11 The Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum
200mm/10mm/120X
14/09/06
Virginia Co Cavan

250 Million Years Old
2,900 stars in this Open Cluster
Mag 7
Distance 6000 ly
Seeing 2
Transparancy - Great
Temp 12C
Sketched on Rite in the Rain paper
Staedtler B pencil
Conte 3B graphite pencil
4B Graphite Stick
Blending stick

The Coathanger Asterism Vulpecula
15X70 Binoculars
27/07/07

M27  The Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula
Lx90 8' SCT, UHC Narrowband filter
2000FL/26mm/77X
04/08/2007
Virginia Co Cavan
22:00 UT-22:50 UT
Crushed Conte/ White Pencil/ Black Pastel



M92  Globular Cluster
in Hercules
Nexstar 11
2800mm
FL/40mm/70X
04/08/2007
Virginia Co Cavan
23:30UT-00:00 UT
Crushed Conte/ White Pencil
Big scope :-)

Here are some more of my Messier Objects sketches