Nebulous Star of Al Sufi

IC 2391 (Omicron Velorum Cluster)
IC 2391 (Omicron Velorum Cluster)

Object name: IC2391, Lac II.5;
Object type: open cluster;
Constellation: Vela ;

Location: São Paulo _SP, Brasil;
Date: 12 mar 12 – 03/12/12;
Hour: UT 04:31 ( -3 west);
Media: graphite pencil HB, 2B, 4B e 8B; white paper 120g/cm2, inverted color in GIMP.

Type of equipament used: Maksutov 90mm telescope Skywatcher, eyepiece superploss 40mm ( ~31x magnification), EQ1.

High light pollution, seeing 8, transparency 6.
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Guilherme de Andrade

One thought on “Nebulous Star of Al Sufi”

  1. A precise rendition of the famous southern cluster that to us northerners looks like the constellation Perseus. I saw it almost a year ago on a trip to Oz with 18x50is binoculars.

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