IFAS Sketching Competition - May 2009 - Galaxies

Thanks for the reminder Jeff.

Yes we did, thankfully. I'll post shortly.

Cheers,

Michael.

Here are the Entries:

Entry 1



NGC3628, the non-Messier member of the Leo Triplet.
HB pencil on white cartridge paper, blending stump, putty rubber.
Scanned and inverted in Photoshop.


Entry 2



M82 pastels on black paper
November 27th 2008 22:20 UT - 22:45 UT
Some cloud made it longer to do
Transparency Poor, Seeing 6/10


Entry 3



M82 with White Graphitint on Strathmore Artagain (Black)
November 27th 2008

To vote for the entry which you believe deserves to be the winner of the IFAS Sketching Competition May 2009, please send a pm to me with "Entry 1", "Entry 2" or "Entry 3" and I will count up the votes.

Closing date for votes is the 21st of May.

Best of luck to the three competitors!

Thanks,

Michael.

Please get your vote in.

Thanks,

Michael.

And the winner of the May 2009 Sketching Competition is...Jeff Young

This is NGC3628, the non-Messier member of the Leo Triplet.
It was sketched in March of 2008 from County Louth, through a 16" SCT at 175X.
HB pencil on white cartridge paper, blending stump, putty rubber.
Scanned and inverted in Photoshop.

Well done Jeff! Great sketch!

Michael.