Bumper Night

Hi all

Got the weather forecast, clear skies and the moon was due to set around midnight.

I set out around nine, got some lunar observing in and then got down to some sketches.

Hope you like them.

M41



A nice easy one to get me going, it's always nice to observe this wonderful cluster.

The Christmas Tree Cluster



I thought I spotted some nebulosity, but I wasn't sure.

NGC 2244



There's a nice yellow star on the edge of the cluster.

M93



This one doesn't get very high and I was hppy to capture it.

M48



A good sized cluster in Hydra that's well worth a visit.

In the course of the night I observed a variety of objects from Mars to M81/M82, The Owl Nebula and a galaxy I haven't seen in about 10 years, NGC 2903 in Leo, this is a fine spidle galaxy and I recommend you observe it.

Thanks for taking the time.

Paul

Very nice sketches Paul,

I was in Sandumount on Friay evening but was too tired to set up when I got home (poor, poor me:) ).

Michael.