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Old 15-09-2010, 09:14 PM
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Binocular sketch 15/9/10

Hi everyone,

I Didn't feel like taking out the telescope tonight so I took out the binos which are 10X25.I scanned the sky and looked at the moon for a bit.I could see some of jupiter's moons and uranus close by, I could also see venus's phase at only 10x magnification.

I found my favourite open clusters the Coathanger and decided to do a sketch of it(attached).The coathanger is a bright grouping of about 10 stars which make a coathanger like shape which looks cool.

I also saw the hubble space telescope flyby which was my first time seeing it live,which was quite awesome thinking of how much it has contibuted to our understanding of the universe.

I have posted two images the first one is with little processing and the second one with round stars and so on.i'd like to know which one you prefer and why?

Clearskies to all
Orestis
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