IC 2602, Southern Pleiades.
Posted: Sun May 10, 2020 4:46 pm
Had a bit of clear sky last night and a near full Moon.
So I figured a open cluster sketch was going to be the order of the day.
I have long been thinking ofIC 2602. This is a large cluster and it fills the 25mm eyepiece and then some in the 8" Dob . Much like it's northern namesake it is best seen with binoculars or a 2" eyepiece.
So for this sketch I used a 30mm 2" eyepiece and also the 1.25 25mm.
White pencil on black sketch paper. And once again I took a photo of the sketch and put it throughstartools to smarten up the stars and brighten the image to more resemble an eyepiece view.
From my backyard I only see the bright 3rd magnitude star, the rest need optics.
This cluster was first discovered by Abbe Lacaille from South Africa in March 1752. This is one of the closest open clusters to us at only 479 light years distant.
IC 2602 covers approximately 50 arc minutes of the sky and is thus best seen in a wide angle eyepieces or binoculars.
It also has the name Theta Carinae cluster but is more commonly referred to as the Southern Pleiades.
Original sketch(warts and all) first and processed after.
Thanks for taking a look at my scribbles!
So I figured a open cluster sketch was going to be the order of the day.
I have long been thinking of
So for this sketch I used a 30mm 2" eyepiece and also the 1.25 25mm.
White pencil on black sketch paper. And once again I took a photo of the sketch and put it through
From my backyard I only see the bright 3rd magnitude star, the rest need optics.
This cluster was first discovered by Abbe Lacaille from South Africa in March 1752. This is one of the closest open clusters to us at only 479 light years distant.
It also has the name Theta Carinae cluster but is more commonly referred to as the Southern Pleiades.
Original sketch(warts and all) first and processed after.
