Using the brightest star of Mirfak in the constellation Perseus, it was easy to find the surrounding star field known as “Melotte 20” or “Collinder 39”, the Alpha Persei Cluster field is beautiful. Once fully in focus, the first thing I said was, “Wow.”
Object: Alpha Persei Cluster
Date: February 8th, 2014 – 9:30 – 10:30pm CT
Location: New Braunfels, Texas – back yard
Conditions: 42°F, clear with waxing gibbous moon
Instruments: 10×50 Wide-Angle Binoculars
Medium: Graphite on white sketch paper, inverted
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Jen
Very nice wide field sketch of that large star rich cluster.
John
Well done Jenn,
I like the glow effect around the brigthest stars!!!
LG
@John E.
Thank you John, it truly is a beautiful piece of the sky. 🙂
@Luis Gabriel
Thank you Luis, this was a hint that you gave me… and it works wonders! Thank you so much for the idea. 🙂