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Old 29-02-2012, 12:00 PM
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Wow, you guys have been hard at work. Well done.

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Originally Posted by pgc hunter View Post
Did a sketch of Mars this morning under very good seeing.

Used the 8" dob and 3.5mm eyepiece at 342x. Two cloud features were seen at the preceding limb and a bank of subtle haze along the opposite limb and along the south under the elongated dark feature.

Time UT: 23/2/12 , 15.30
Time Local: 24/2/12 , 02.30
CM: 199.65
Mag -1.1
Size 13.6"

I'll try and get a coloured version up a bit later
I've tried loooking at Mars but really can't make out anything more than the polar cap and occasional non specific darker areas. Mostly it is overwhelmed by glare.

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Originally Posted by orestis View Post
Hi everyone,

Its been ages since I have done any serious observing let alone post on Iceinspace so, I thought I'd share this sketch I made of ngc 2438 in m46 yesterday (24/2/12).Magnification used was 250x and I also used my recently aquired O III filter which accentuated the detail.

Regards Orestis
I've been looking at M46 also and have an unfinished sketch. Waiting for the clouds to go away.

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Originally Posted by Paddy View Post
Great sketches Sab and Orestis. Very good observing in both drawings!

Here's one I made last night of NGCs 1850, 1854, 1858 (all on LHS of sketch), 1860 in centre and 1863 bottom RHS. Henize N103B just to the left of 1850.

Made using 16" dob with 13mm nagler, 175x TFOV 28'
Fantastic Paddy to get all those objects in.
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