Stock 2 (The Strong Man Cluster)

Let's see your sketches!
Forum rules
"We love seeing your work and welcome any and all sketches on this forum, but please note whether your sketch is a through-the-eyepiece sketch or your rendition from an existing image / painting."
Post Reply
User avatar
mariosi Cyprus
Saturn Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 346
Joined: Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:45 am
4
Location: Cyprus - Mammari
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Stock 2 (The Strong Man Cluster)

#1

Post by mariosi »


Stock 2
(OCL 348, Lund 71 and the Muscleman Cluster) is a class I 2 m open cluster of 54 stars in Cassiopeia. This is one of 24 open clusters compiled by Jurgen Stock in the 1950(Wikipedia)

DAY:Wednesday DATE:13/1/16 TIME:10:40
SCOPE: Dob 10px Sky-Watcher F.L.1200/f4.7
EYEPIECE: 30mm TS plossl F.O.V.68°
LOCATION: Mammari

Wonderful target in low magnification and in wider field.

Thanks for looking
Marios
Strong Man Cluster .jpg
User avatar
bladekeeper
Inter-Galactic Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 3603
Joined: Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:39 am
4
Location: Lowell, Arkansas, US
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: Stock 2 (The Strong Man Cluster)

#2

Post by bladekeeper »


Very nice rendition of Stock 2, Marios!
Bryan
Scopes: Apertura AD12 f/5; Celestron C6-R f/8; ES AR127 f/6.4; Stellarvue SV102T f/7; iOptron MC90 f/13.3; Orion ST80A f/5; ES ED80 f/6; Celestron Premium 80 f/11.4; Celestron C80 f/11.4; Unitron Model 142 f/16; Meade NG60 f/10
Mounts: Celestron AVX; Bresser EXOS-2; ES Twilight I; ES Twilight II; iOptron Cube-G; AZ3/wood tripod; Vixen Polaris
Binoculars: Pentax PCF WP II 10×50, Bresser Corvette 10×50, Bresser Hunter 16×50 and 8×40, Garrett Gemini 12×60 LW, Gordon 10×50, Apogee 20×100

Image
User avatar
mariosi Cyprus
Saturn Ambassador
Articles: 0
Offline
Posts: 346
Joined: Wed Oct 16, 2019 11:45 am
4
Location: Cyprus - Mammari
Status:
Offline

TSS Awards Badges

TSS Photo of the Day

Re: Stock 2 (The Strong Man Cluster)

#3

Post by mariosi »


Thank you Bryan .

Marios
Post Reply

Create an account or sign in to join the discussion

You need to be a member in order to post a reply

Create an account

Not a member? register to join our community
Members can start their own topics & subscribe to topics
It’s free and only takes a minute

Register

Sign in

Return to “Astronomy Sketching”