Summer in 2009 was wonderful to me, in terms of astronomy observations from my backyard :) I Observed all time I had on holiday - from end of June to end of August, of course when weather was good. Milky way, mythological constelations and short, bright nights, that was something magical! In that time, I maked few astro-sketches what I saw in telescope and binocular:

Forgive me, I'm not talented ;)  Excellent polish astro-sketches you can see at this forum:

http://astro-forum.org/Forum/index.php?showforum=87

Nice sketches aries_poland, keep them coming

Al

Let me guess:

First one is M27 the Dumbbell Nebula.

Second one is the Coat Hangar.  (That's quite a wide field of view to get the whole coathanger with room to spare).

I'm not sure what the third one is.

Fourth one is M81 and M82?  Bode's and Cigar galaxies both in the same FOV?

Nice sketches.  Very cool. 

Hey StarNerd :) Third sketch is Perseus constellation from my Binocular :) Brightest star on that is Mirphak.