Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter – April 14, 2013
Moon in corona and Jupiter in Conjunction (14-04-2013)
The lunar light diffracted by water drops, gave a beautifull spectacle of colored ring around the Moon just – like an aureole ! Near shone the the largest planet in the Solar System with his four Galilean moons!
Jupiter and Moons were also in small halos 😉
It was remarkable and unforgettable conjunction!
Yours Robert!
Sketch details:
Object Name: Two beautiful phenomenons in one
Object Type: The Conjunction
Location: Poland, Oborniki
Date: 14-04-2013
Equipment: APO 80/480
Power 12x, field of Swan 40mm, details of the Moon -ES 16mm and 8mm HD BST
Object Artist: Robert Twarogal (Ignisdei)
Object Name : M67
Object Type : Open Cluster in Cancer
Location : Suppi-ryung Kunnam-myeon Chulwon-gun Gang won-do South.KOREA)
Date : 2013.2.8 Friday
Media : A4 paper, HB pencil
Equipment : 10′ dobsonian, XW 20mm
Observing conditions : clear sky(Excpet south sky)
This my first DSO sketch in my life.
Spent 1hour to sketch, 3:00 ~ 3:30
Although recently I have very much interested in Lunar horizon landscpe observation, and also it is a serious hard work that need preparationes, concentrations, patiences to acquire the most valuable results that nobody has seen yet .
So , for me, Lunar horizon observation time is limited , as a or two months of winter season in a year.
Then, other seasons, I useally observe others.
With a fairly good optics [like mine or better…], anyone can find out enormous amount of details on the face of the moon [also on the limb].
One night, very accidentally, I had just seen a much interesting feature in the binocular eyepieces attatched on my faithful 8 inches refractor on along the Yura Mountains range [= Montes Yuras ] , which very resembance to a human’s face … a giant’s face… !! . I was instantlly surprised at the view …. !!!
It’s real dimension , I measured from the diameter of 100 km Plato , must be about within 20 km in length.
Among the many moon sketches of mine , in which shows many curious, grotesque features.. and this gigantic human face is one of that.
Unfortunatelly, by interuption of front roof top, observing time is limited only as 15 minutes, that limits more details on this sktch.
——-[ Upside is the North of moon, Right side is West. ]—–
by K.S.Min
8 inches refractor x340- 500
white paper, graphite pencils, photographed under 300 watt white bulb
This is the drawing I have made last year. ….
It represents the Great Red Spot of Jupiter.I have mentioned the details of the drawing below.Thank you.
Object Name : Jupiter
Object Type : Planet
Location : Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Date : 28 June 2012
Media : Canvass and acrylic colors
Eratosthenian geological period includes fairly young, non-rayed fresh craters. I did notice a Copernican ray to the N of Eratosthenes and several patches of lightened areas within the surrounding areas. Eratosthenes has very steep, tormented walls and is approximately 60km x 60km wide. It has an elongated central mountain with several summits. Its morphology is very similar to impact crater Copernicus, but its rays most likely deteriorated from weather and age.
The distance of this crater from the terminator made it perfect for studying the floor and terraced walls. The western floor edge was difficult to differentiate from where the upslope began for its wall. It appeared to be more a lightening with a few darkened lines.
For comparison, here is an image from the Lunar Orbiter (through the Lunar and Planetary Institute site). My sketch is the eyepiece view from my telescope and will need to be rotated 180 degrees to match the Lunar Orbiter image.
My sketch here, shows the famous comet Halley as seen at its best from Norway.
The bright coma had a drop-form, and a halo was seen in the outer coma to west.
In my 10 x 50 binos, the tail was narrow and 2 deg. long. Info on my sketch.
Halley returns in 2061, so good luck to the younger observers!
I used colour crayons on black paper.
Location : Trondheim, Norway.
