Very nice cluster that is well populated with faint little stars that are very identical in both brightness and colour (bluish gray), with maybe one or two brighter stars in the middle. I can notice several star paths in the cluster. Very difficult to sketch.

SQM reading: 21.06m/arcsec², -2°C, very strong wind.

A small, triangle shaped open cluster sitting in a sparse stellar environment. A very bright star dominates the cluster at one of its corners, but I suspect that this star is not actually a part of this group. Apart this, the cluster shows about a dozen of brighter and another dozen of fainter members.

At 71x it has a diametre of about 1/8th of that of the whole FoV, this means it's a quite small open cluster, clearly emerges from its environment. It contains two really bright stars (possible foreground stars) and at least two dozens of faint ones.

A very nice, large open cluster, covers half the FoV, nicely separates from its stellar neighborhood. I count 8 brighter and dozens of fainter stars in the cluster. There are two especially nice features: one of them is the stellar arc between two brighter stars in the middle of the sketch, and the other one is the nice trapezoid of stars right above this arc. Full moon is getting closer and closer to the cloud-covered horizon preventing me from further observation.

A rather small cluster, but still with many bright members in the constellation Orion. You can find it easily, tho a medium magnification will be neccessary to reveal fully its figure, that is made up of two separate parts. At the end of one of these patterns sitting a very close binary star, both stars with high magnitudes yet can be separated easily, even with a power of around 100x. This cluster is ofter referred as "The 37 cluster", as its stars form a large cosmic 37. :)

Small, relatively compact open cluster that reminds me of some prehistoric stone axe. Consists about a dozen stars of the 11-12m range and some fainter ones. Not an easy object as its declination requires much work with a Dobsonian telescope. :) SQM reading: 20.6m/arcsec², -9°C, high humidity.

You can find this sparsely populated, large open cluster near the star ß Mon in Monoceros. In its center shines the star HR 2344 (HD 45546), which is a mag 5 star - therefore it is visible with the naked eye even from moderately dark places. The cluster has many members brighter than 10m, so it looks nice even through an ordinary finderscope, and because of its size and sparse density you shouldn't go for powers higher than 50-75x when looking at it.

This open cluster can be located easily, yet it doesn't cover a large area. It has half-dozen brighter and at least 20 fainter members. Its most notable pattern is the diamond made up by four bright stars in the middle of the cluster. The OC is clearly separated from its environs.

Sparsely populated, faint open cluster, hardly separates from the surrounding starfield. Fills about one third of the FoV with about 5 brighter stars and many fainter members. Probably the only interesting feature of this cluster is the tiny circle of faint stars to the SSE of the centre of the cluster. But this feature alone makes it worth a visit. :)

Faint compact open cluster in a very rich starfield, with a very faint diffuse background. Its diameter is about 5', looks perfectly round. SQM reading: 21.20 m/arcsec², -9°C.

A tiny, faint planetary nebula in the constellation Gemini, a relatively easy find. Its double lobed shape can be recognized even with very small magnifications (at 71x its shape was very obvious), but shows much more details with high powers. In the two parts two star-like false cores can be seen. Its Northern half looks a bit triangular, while its Southern half appears to grow significantly to SE when using averted vision. UHC filter helps a little but is not necessary and ruins the looks of the stellar neighborhood while an O-III makes it even fainter so is not recommended.

Also known as the Eskimo or Clown face nebula, this planetary is the real gem of the constellation Gemini. It's a very bright object, showing much details and is quite unresponsive on filters. I estimate the brightness of its tiny, star-like core about 11 magnitudes, with two perfectly regular concentric circles around it, each with surface brightnesses about 1 magnitudes fainter than this. The diametre of the inner circle seems exactly the half of the entire object.

I've sketched this planetary about a year ago, but obviously I did not mark it as "SKETCHED" in my list of objects, so the result is a new drawing. However, when I compared the two sketches, it was obvious to make this mistake, because now - even if conditions were not ideal thanks to the 50% Moon nearby - I was able to see and record much more details: the brighter arcs around the central star were not at all visible for me, but now they were easily noticeable. The UHC filter was not neccessary to observe this object, however it boosted the intensity of the brighter central bubble.

Quite large and bright galaxy that already appears as a tiny fuzzy object in my 8x50 finderscope. Many foreground stars appear over its surface. A feature that resembles a dust lane shows up immediately on the Southern side of the galaxy and after a deeper observation the Northern side starts to display a similar dust lane although it's less defined. As progressing with the sketching a real spiral galaxy starts to appear in front of me, which fact is confirmed after checking astro images after my sketching session - I never look up an object before observation, so my memories about them will not change my vision.

This is a real showpiece spiral galaxy, I wonder why it's so rarely mentioned.

Perfectly circular shaped globular cluster with gradually brighter core. Can't resolve to separate stars, although there are many faint stars just around it - one of them on the East is actually located on the surface of the GC. I'm not sure whether these faint stars are actual members of the cluster, or simply foreground stars. The Intergalactic Tramp (or more recently called Wanderer, because the word Tramp was a bit politically incorrect) is one of the farthest globular clusters, once believed to be in the intergalactic space, but recent studies prove that it's actually physically linked to the Milky Way.

Very spectacular, yet quite compact cluster that shows a diffuse background, that is bright enough to be visible in the 8x50 finderscope as a tiny hazy spot. The environment is rich in stars, but the cluster is clearly separated. I estimate a visible diameter of about 4', but the cluster is drop-shaped, not round. SQM reading: 21.16 m/arcsec², -5°C, bit humid air.

Tiny, almond shaped galaxy with a star-like core that has a brightness of about 13m, around this core a brighter oval central bulge is also visible. The galaxy is elongated in the N-S direction, at a ratio of about 1:5. SQM reading: 20.96m/arcsec², 6°C, humid air - as it was raining all day yesterday.

This spiral galaxy is one of the brightest galaxies in Cancer, with a luminosity of 11.8-13m according to catalogues, however to me it looks much brighter than this, with an especially easily noticeable bright galactic core. The almond-shaped star city is small, yet an easy target thanks to the three nearby bright stars.

Unfortunately the galaxy is located on a light polluted portion of the sky, yet it is easily visible with 71x including the suprisingly bright supernova SN2011B to the ESE. I estimate that the brightess of the supernova is around 12.8m, about the same as the star-like core of the galaxy itself. Because of the light pollution, sometimes it looks as if the SN is just outside the galactic plane: this is because I probably see only the internal regions of the GX. SQM reading: 20.53m/arcsec², high humidity, -7°C.

This object is also identified as the "UFO galaxy", and resides on the boundary of the constellations Lynx and Cancer. There are no bright stars nearby, which makes finding it a little bit harder, although it has quite a high surface brightness of 9.8 magnitude. The edge-on galaxy of W-E direction has a clearly visible core that seems asymmetric: looks as if it's getting wider Eastward.

The UFO galaxy, take two. I've already sketched this galaxy back in March 30, 2008 (see here), but because of an unfortunate administrational mistake, I've give it another go tonight. :) The UFO shape can hardly be noticed - if this galaxy resembles a UFO, then we could call all edge-on galaxies UFO's. However, the object is very nice, large and very bright, and the star rich environment makes the view even nicer. Its core brightens up slowly, a starlike core can be barely recognized. It looks as if there was a faint arm to the north of the core. Another interesting point is that although the stars are about at the same spot on the two sketches, the West direction indicator is at really different positions. I should check this out later.

Small, round spiral galaxy that is slightly elongated to the N-S. Its central region is moderately brighter than its disk. I estimate its dimensions to 1.5x2' with the center shining at about 13.5m and the surface at about 14m. I find the official 11m brightness catalogue data very misleading.

Slightly fainter galaxy with an elongation of 1:4 in the SSE-NNW direction. Its core is like a faint, out of focus star. Surprisingly easy to see this galaxy with my little 114/900 Newtonian, with direct vision, although I believe a strong reason behind this is my superb sky in the Zselic Starry-Sky Park.

Tiny galaxy with a slight elongation on its NS axis. Sometimes I suspect seeing its spiral pattern, but it's a very difficult sight with the current sky conditions and the Half Moon lurking nearby. I can see a star to the SE of its center that might be a possible supernova, but unfortunately by checking images later, I find that it's simply a foreground star.

A rich cluster of very faint stars. Nice one, with fuzzy background. Tiny by size and separates well from its neighborhood.

A very hard catch in the faint constellation of Lynx. I expected something larger based on my map. It's perfectly round, with a definitely denser nucleus. Very faint - catalogues list it between 12 and 13.1 magnitudes, I believe it is closer to the latter. The air is full of dust particles because of fireplace heating in the neighborhood, which makes diffuse details hard to see.

Lies in the vicinity of the famous M81 / M 82 double. This galaxy is fain, quite big, it's shape is peculiar visually, I observe a dent near the Western side. It's extended core is visibly brighter to the East. Perhaps this is only an illusion seen only because of the raising humidity.