Mark Allison's Observations

Below is a small selection of objects that were sketched at the eyepiece of my 8" Reflector or 4" Refractor.
The deep sky images were then scanned and inverted to recreate their appearance in the night sky.
Deep Sky objects I have observed include Galaxies, Globular Clusters, Open Clusters and Nebula.
Also included are some observations of the Sun, Jupiter, Saturn and a Comet.

I have also recently aquired a digital camera and camera bracket for use with my telescopes - the results of my
initial tests can be seen at the bottom of this page, although I personally still prefer to sketch objects.