Hi all

I have had an idea to do a naked eye sketch of the sky for some time and on Wednesday night I got the opportunity.  I wanted to see what was visible in the spring sky and how much could be seen when concentrating on a single star and not moving my head.  I locked onto Cor Caroli.

Untitled by pbyrne1965 , on Flickr

I never really noticed before that we look more in landscape mode than portrait.  I was just able to see Regulus and Spica, though they were at the edge of my vision.

Paul

Fine job Paul. I think you've got down to mag 5.2 there, if I've identified 14 CVn correctly. Perfect seeing and transparency are rare indeed!

Finbarr.

The Plough looks good, Paul. 

Thank you from Aubrey. 

Seldom do we see sketches like this. By sketching a large portion of the night sky it really feels like one is under the stars. When you said you were going to give it a go I knew you'd do a great job... Nice one Paul, and I'd love to see more like this. 

Clear skies, 

Darren.