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dannat
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« on: February 07, 2010, 07:10:44 PM »
HAving recently taken delivery of a set of Fujinon 16x70 recently last night was the first night I have had the opportunity to use them.
They are stunning - the stars are pinpoints & i did not have trouble with my glasses on. I made this sketch of ngc2516 in Miaplacidus - the two orange stars were terrific, the core region must have had a good 50 stars.
After this i moved down to check out carina & came across ngc 3532 - it is the best cluster I have ever seen. It was a large egg shaped cluster which was full of hundreds of individual stars - i was blown away by the view..

* ngc2516.jpg (76.08 KB, 435x600 - viewed 13 times.)
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 07:36:56 PM »
Nice work there Daniel.. Sketching is a dying art, glad to see some of you are still around.
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« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2010, 03:12:40 PM »
Hi Dannat,
Great stuff! I suggest you try sketching comet 81P/ Wild 2, i reckon you'll do a good job of sketching this particualr comet! 

Awesome! 
Cheers!
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« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2010, 06:51:46 PM »
All the best with the new binos Daniel, Fujinon I think are as good as it gets.

The little streak near the bottom bright star has me intrigued; is it a edge on galaxy?
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2010, 06:55:04 PM »
Nice one Daniel, good to see you continuing on with the sketching!
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