In the early hours of June 17, 2020 I pointed my 8" SCT to the constellation Cygnus at the open cluster M29. This cluster lies roughly 4,000 light years away with a diameter of 11 light years, and contains very few stars. The brightest stars of the cluster form a quadrilateral while another three bright stars form a triangle.
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| M29 Open Cluster in Cygnus |
This sketch was done on black canson paper with white charcoal pencils and a kneaded eraser to give the stars a bit of depth and variety.
If you would like to see where to find this object in the night sky along with a time lapse of me sketching this object at the eyepiece be sure to check out the video below:
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