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Posted my first astronomy sketch video to YouTube in a long time! This sketch is of M76 The Little Dumbbell Nebula in Perseus. Hard to pull out detail in light polluted skies, but the core of this object stood out in the eyepiece. Felt good to get out under the stars again. I make no promises, but I hope I can get out more this winter and get back to observing multiple times a month.
YouTube video of the sketch can be watched here: https://youtu.be/s0TY7tV56tM
The other day I posted a few of my sketches, but figured I'd post a few more today for any new followers that may have missed it.
Similar to on Twitter and YouTube I will always tag my sketches with "astrosketchography" for ease of finding.
I always try my best to make my sketches as accurate as possible to help others get an idea of what to expect through the eyepiece of a telescope.
Any other visual astronomers out there?
A few pics from back in my astrophotography days. I still have all the equipment to do astrophotography, I just find visual and sketching to be a much more relaxing and peaceful experience under the stars.
Welcome to Adirondack Astronomy. This channel will mainly explore space through the eyepiece of a telescope. These are the views you can expect to see through a telescope in typical city light polluted skies without spending hundreds (or thousands) on an imaging setup. I will dabble here and there in astrophotography as I do imaging quite often. Since getting into astronomy in 2010 I have mainly done astrophotography. I started with a point and shoot camera held up to the eyepiece, to a full autoguiding setup with a DSLR attached. Imaging is absolutely beautiful, and the results can be quite amazing, but nothing compares to the connection you feel when gazing at a galaxy billions of light years away. The darkness and silence of night time. Just you, your telescope, some pencils, and some paper ready for a night of observing and sketching. I don't usually take notes at the eyepiece, but the sketches help serve the same purpose notes would.