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Messier

All sketched using a 8" f/6 , 12" f/5 and 16" f/4.5 dob.
For the full report on each objects please go to http://darkskysketches.blogspot.co.uk
M1 / Crab nebula
M1 / Crab nebula		 M2
M2		 M3
M3 		M4 / Cates eye
M4 / Cates eye		 M5
M5		 M6 / Butterfly cluster
M6 / Butterfly cluster
M7 / Ptolemys cluster
M7 / Ptolemys cluster		 M8 / Lagoon nebula
M8 / Lagoon nebula		 M9
M9		 M10
M10		 M11 / Wild duck cluster
M11 / Wild duck cluster		 M12 / Gumball globular
M12 / Gumball globular
M13 / Hercules globular cluster
M13 / Hercules globular cluster		 M14
M14		 M15 / Great Pegasus cluster
M15 / Great Pegasus cluster		 M16 / Eagle nebula
M16 / Eagle nebula		 M17 / Omega Nebula
M17 / Omega Nebula		 M18 / Black swan
M18 / Black swan
M19
M19		 M20 / Trifid nebula
M20 / Trifid nebula		 M21
M21		 M22 / Great Sagittarius star cluster
M22 / Great Sagittarius star cluster		 M23
M23		 M24 - Sagittarius star cloud
M24 - Sagittarius star cloud
M25
M25		 M26
M26		 M27 / Dumbbell nebula
M27 / Dumbbell nebula		 M28
M28		 M29 / Cooling Tower
M29 / Cooling Tower		 M30
M30
M31/M32/M110 / Andromeda galaxy
M31/M32/M110 / Andromeda galaxy		 M33 / Triangulum galaxy
M33 / Triangulum galaxy		 M34 / Spiral cluster
M34 / Spiral cluster		 M35
M35		 M36 / Pinwheel cluster
M36 / Pinwheel cluster		 M37 / Auriga salt and pepper cluster
M37 / Auriga salt and pepper cluster
M38 / Starfish cluster
M38 / Starfish cluster		 M39
M39		 M40 / Winnecke 4
M40 / Winnecke 4		 M41 / Little beehive
M41 / Little beehive		 M42/M43 Orion nebula
M42/M43 Orion nebula		 M44 / Beehive cluster
M44 / Beehive cluster
M45 / Pleiades
M45 / Pleiades		 M46
M46		 M47
M47		 M48
M48		 M49
M49		 M50 / Heart shaped cluster
M50 / Heart shaped cluster
M51 / Whirlpool galaxy
M51 / Whirlpool galaxy		 M52 / The Scorpion
M52 / The Scorpion		 M53
M53		 M54
M54		 M55
M55		 M56
M56
M57 / Ring nebula
M57 / Ring nebula		 M58
M58		 M60 / M59
M60 / M59		 M61 / Swelling spiral
M61 / Swelling spiral		 M63 / Sunflower galaxy
M63 / Sunflower galaxy		 M62
M62
M64 / Black eye galaxy
M64 / Black eye galaxy		 M65 / M66 - Leo Triplets
M65 / M66 - Leo Triplets		 M67 / King Cobra
M67 / King Cobra		 M68
M68		 M69
M69		 M70
M70
M71
M71		 M72
M72		 M73
M73		 M74 / The Phantom
M74 / The Phantom		 M75
M75		 M76 / The Little Dumbbell Nebula
M76 / The Little Dumbbell Nebula
M77 / Cetus A
M77 / Cetus A		 M78
M78		 M79
M79		 M80
M80		 M81 / M82 - Bodes Nebula
M81 / M82 - Bodes Nebula		 M83 / Southern Pinwheel galaxy
M83 / Southern Pinwheel galaxy
M85
M85		 M86
M86		 M87 / Smoking gun
M87 / Smoking gun		 M88
M88		 M89 / M90
M89 / M90		 M91
M91
M92
M92		 M93
M93		 M94 / Crocs Eye galaxy
M94 / Crocs Eye galaxy		 M95
M95		 M96
M96		 M97 / Owl nebula
M97 / Owl nebula
M98
M98		 M99 / Virgo cluster pinwheel
M99 / Virgo cluster pinwheel		 M100
M100		 M101 / Pinwheel galaxy
M101 / Pinwheel galaxy		 M103
M103		 M104 / Sombrero galaxy
M104 / Sombrero galaxy
M105
M105		 M106
M106		 M107
M107		 M108
M108		 M109
M109

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Alan in Massachusetts 08-Oct-2015 15:34
These are fabulous! So nice to see visual astronomy alive and well. Seems I've posted here before!
Can't say nice things too many times! :-)
jcayer09-Jan-2014 14:24
Nice collection !!! -V-
You can checkout my drawings:http://jcayer.com/Astronomie/dessinmessier.htm
Not as good as yours tho... :)
james 14-Oct-2013 07:28
Your approach should be commended. I have lots of respect to you for keeping things as technology free as possible, your pictures are excellent.
Mike M11-Dec-2012 20:48
Thanks Alan, I use a 8x10 Windsor sketch pad.
Alan in Massachusetts 11-Dec-2012 13:56
What is the size of your sketch pad? Again, really enjoy your work.
Alan in Massachusetts 11-Dec-2012 13:51
I absolutely love these. I still draw at the eyepiece and have done a few deep sky white on black sketches. Here's to "Nineteenth Century" astronomy, where you really connect with the objects. Thanks for sharing and I will check the website.
Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)11-Dec-2012 13:41
Thx for sharing.V
Paolo
Tom Arrington10-Dec-2012 12:50
Mike,
These are great. I rarely look through the eyepiece any longer as my camera is on the scope. Many of your scetches are reminders of the excitement of seeing these objects through a telescope.

Thanks for sharing.

Tom
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