A Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Furnace

Hi everyone,

This is a sketch of ngc 1365(barred spiral galaxy) which was made from my backyard in the southern highlands nsw Australia on the 6/1/11.The sketch was made using a variety of graphite pencils on white paper.The equipment used was a 130mm reflector with a 15mm plossol eyepiece.

cheers orestis

4 thoughts on “A Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Furnace”

  1. Orestis,

    Nice, economical sketch of a very impressive galaxy.
    It looks great. Thanks!

    Marek 🙂

  2. Hi Orestis!

    Fabulous work, mate.

    Goes to show what can be done with a small scope in competent hands.

    You might like to chace down a few more of Scott Mellish’s work that has featured regularly here on ASOD.

    Alex M.

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