Sunday, November 22, 2009

Back with ma' pencil


Yesterday the weather was fair enough to let me explore the ds again. Even though seeing and transparency weren't perfect, I was able to skecth up the Ring Nebula in Lyra. This is my second sketch overall. I edited it (contrast, brightness) a bit with Photoshop but it's still pretty close to the original sketch I made. In this way it's more visible on-screen. Because it has been a long time since I last had been out with my scope, there is hundreds of easy objects still unobserved and unsketched. I hope that the weather will stay good and clear so that I could set my eye behind the eyepiece ASAP.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Winter Wonderland


Bye bye dark skies. No more nights with the Milky Way anymore because last night the snow really whirled about. Although this can be just one 'still-meltable-layer' but it's there and the light pollution problem is back here, too. I guess I have to invest in a new filter.