A wonderful yet tiny little planetary. At small magnification (71x in my case) it looks like a slightly defocused star, however by increasing the power it soon starts to develop into a nice, perfectly round planetary nebula. Some details that also appea: to the South of the bright central star you may notice a small brighter blob, and to the West a bright feature can be seen that resembles a spiral arm of a galaxy. Doesn't react at all on UHC filter, but with an O-III it's size apparently grows, however the central star completely disappears, which is a bit weird, because the Westward star stays in the field even if it's fainter than the central star of the nebula. With low power it has a tint of purple-blue.

Tiny planetary, at 71x it looks like a star with a small halo. Especially with averted vision you can see its round shape. At high magnification I discover lots of details, for example a thin, brighter arc on its Northern border, and a brighter blob next to the central star to the South, and a darker patch to the Southwest. With averted vision, the round shape transforms to a little bit of oval, elongated in the East to West direction.

What makes this observation special is that it is actually an error, because I've already observed this object about a month ago, but again, I failed to mark this object in my list of observed objects: click here for that observation. So I've sketched it again, and what's more interesting is that I have used the same magnification! Although the subjective classification is a bit different, but alltogether the two observations are quite the same.

Lessons learned: a.) the faint details I've sketched last time were also there this night, so I have a strong proof now that I can trust my senses, even if the details are extremely faint or low-contrast. b.) I'm getting older, shouldn't trust my memory anymore. :)

This galaxy, also know as Mirach's ghost, not surprisingly is located near the bright star Mirach of the constellation Andromeda. Some have reported difficulties seeing this object, because although it's fairly bright, the glowing of the nearby Mirach easily outshines it. For me, it was visible easily from the start, but after I've increased the magnification to 250x, I was finally able to examine the structure of the galaxy without Mirach in the FoV. You may need eyepieces with good anti-glare coating to disturbing light rays. The galaxy itself is very small, round, with some suspectedly brighter details at its Northern corner, albeit this may be the result of an optical error only. SQM reading: 21.0 m/arcsec², 9°C.

A sparsely populated open cluster that is limited by Phi Cas from the east. Prevailed by nearly a dozen stars of mag 10-11 with nearly identical colour and luminosity. In the background of these are fainter, nearly 13 mag stars of at least double the amount, which clearly form a cluster with their brighter companions despite the big difference in brightness.

I've already sketched this object about four years ago, actually it was one of my first sketches. That time the sky was great, but this time I decided to put it on paper when the conditions were definitely poor. The idea behind was to simulate the night sky conditions when I last saw this object earlier this year from Budapest, our highly light-polluted capitol. So the sketch was done with a full Moon and light clouds all over the sky. SQM reading: 15.98m/arcsec², 3°C. Dedicated to my friend Györgyi, she knows why. ;)

Tiny little open cluster, compact but sparsely populated. I assume that only 8 of the stars in the FoV are the members of this OC. The full moonjust below my horizon is quickly ruining the sky background, worth taking a look under more favorable conditions, because I suspect that what I see is only a minor part of what I could really observe with this scope.

At first its a rather heavy sight, NGC 772 seem to be spinning around its centre, hard to catch its real shape. Later as my eye gets used to the view, the galaxy settles in its actual form. Suddenly something even fainter appears above NGC 772 to the SW, first as a fuzzy star, then as time goes it starts to grow and become the tiny little galaxy of NGC 770. Near the end of my sketching session NGC 772 starts to show some details: first it seems that it has some dense part to the North. A bit later it turns obvious that it's one large spiral arm. A really challenging pair! SQM reading: 21.12 m/arcsec², 3°C, light wind, almost dry air.

This observation and sketch was made on an early dawn hour in the Kiskun Astro Camp near the village of Jászszentlászló, Hungary. As the Sun was already approaching the southern horizon, the NELM was getting worse at a high rate. Therefore I've decided to sketch something easy that's made of many bright stars. Out of a sudden I've picked the famous Double Cluster, which turned out to be a paint to sketch with their plenty of bright stars. So, I was racing with the Sun, as the Venus was already high above the horizon. Under country skies, this pair of open clusters can be seen to the naked eye as a small fuzzy spot near the easily recognizable W-shape of the constellation Cassiopeia. It's one of the most remarkable objects of the Northern Hemisphere, so I can't really imagine why it was not included in the famous catalogue of Messier. From my home country it is a circumpolar object, so it can be seen through the entire year. It's so easy, that it cen be resolved with the smallest telescopes or binoculars, therefore an great catch for everyone. SQM reading: 20.91 m/arcsec^2, 9°C.

Surprisingly small galaxy, but appears easily even at 71x. Not really faint, with a brighter core that isn't stellar, but looks rather like a small disk.

This galaxy has an elongation of SW-NE direction, it's quite faint yet immediately visible in the FoV. Looks somewhat asymmetrical with its mass more pronounced towards its NE side. Its core isn't stellar but it looks like a large loaf of bread and it is moderately brighter than the surface of the galaxy.

Large, a little bit oval shaped bright galaxy. It's very gently elongated SW-NE. The core is visibly brighter than the rest, and looks as if there's a mustache-shaped feature on its major axis. This detail is not readily visible, takes a bit of patience and time to appear. The humidity of the air is getting extremely high, making the circumstances far from ideal.

Faint galaxy, however it is instantly visible in the FoV. Elongated highly to the N-S. Looks smooth at first, but after a lengthy observation it starts to display two brighter little knots to the East of the galactic core.

This sparse open cluster has a population of faint stars, nearly all of them has identical brightness. Contains about 30 stars, although probably there would be more if the sky background was less bright. Barely separates from its stellar neighborhood at small magnification, increasing the power makes it easier to separate. I detect no hint of a diffuse background.

This loose, compact cluster is populated by very faint stars. In the middle a brighter triangle can be seen surrounded by about two dozens of fainter members. At 71x it separates better from its environment that is surprisingly poor in stars, however I need to push the magnification to resolve the faint cluster members. The high humidity makes the sky background very bright, I suspect a much better view if the conditions are great.

Small open cluster. The brightness of its members is highly varying: numerous faint and some bright stars make this cluster up. Located in an environment that is rich in stars, so it's very difficult to separate from its neighborhood. It's the typical example of a cluster that an artificial intelligence wouldn't be able to recognize, but for the human eye (and brain) it is very easy to see.

Faint, very small oval galaxy with an elongation to the NNE-SSW. The core is disk shaped and is obviously brighter than the galactic surface. Visible already with low magnification, but the shape can only be seen clearly at higher powers.