The Lagoon Nebula from Cloon Wood

Here are a few images I sketched at Cloon Wood in Enniskerry on Friday night.
I met Michael Murphy and his Nexstar 11, to be a guest sketcher using his telescope.
My dob never got out of the car as Jupiter was dropping like a stone and I had to try and grab her before she vanished into the hills. I only managed a few details on the north of the planet as my eyes could pick out nothing at all from the south.
My Jupiter sketch was further interrupted by a group of likely lads from suburbia who got themselves lost in the hills They stopped by for directions and got to see the gas giant and her moons, so a little sidewalk astronomy at the edge of the forest.

Michael and I had a look at several M objects and I sketched the ones that stood out for me or that I did not have already.

Many thanks to Michael for the use of his telescope at Cloon Wood.

Deirdre Kelleghan
President
Irish Astronomical Society 1937 - 2007
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The Lagoon Nebula
Nexstar GPS 11/2800mmFL/40mm/70X
Cloon Wood, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow
Pastels,Gel Pen
20:45 UT - 21:03 UT
September 7th 2007
Deirdre Kelleghan



The Blue Snowball
Nexstar GPS 11/2800mmFL/40mm/ 70X
Cloon Wood, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow
Pastels, Gel Pen
September 8th 2007 20:05 UT- 20:45 UT


The Blinking Planetary O111 Filter
Nexstar GPS 11/2800mmFL/40mm/70X
Cloon Wood Enniskerry Co Wicklow
Pastels, Gel Pen
21:40 UT - 21:45 UT
September 7th 2007
Deirdre Kelleghan


M3
Nexstar GPS 11/2800mmFL/40mm/70X
Cloon Wood Enniskerry Co Wicklow
September 7th 2007 21:15 UT - 21:22 UT
Pastels,White Gel Pen
Deirdre Kelleghan


Jupiter/ Pencil
Nexstar GPS 11/2800mmFL/20mm/140X
Cloon Wood Enniskerry, Co Wicklow
September 8th 2007
Altitude 10 degrees/ Seeing 2/ atmosphere terrible, nothing to see on the south of the planet as she sat in an atmospheric soup. Probably nuts to try for it so low, figured it was my last chance to grap it this year.

That's wonderful work Deirdre, very inspirational!

I think I took up photography when I realised I was no good at drawing

Those are fantastic Sketches Deirdre I esp like the 'Lagoon Nebula'

James

Very good Deirdre.

(Jupiter might throw a few thunderbolts at you for calling him a girl.)

Peter.