Black Paper – Page 28 – Astronomy Sketch of the Day

Dragon’s Eye

NGC 6543 Planetary nebula in Draco
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

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Hey !

I send you N.G.C. 6543 “small and nice”.
The planetary is small, light and with some structures in high
power of my scope. The colour is yellow and its called “The cats
eye”. The central star is clearly seen in moments of steady air
and good seeng. An inner ring was seen round the star with a
darker area inside!
I used crayons (watercolours) on black paper only.
Location: outside Trondheim city, Norway.
More info on my sketch.
Have a clear sky: Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Southern Highland Spectacle

Lunar crater Maurolycus
Sketch and Details by Tamás Ábrahám

Hello,

here is a sketch about Crater Maurolycus.
Details
Date: September 9, 2009
Equipment: 8 inch f/5 Newtonian reflector with 4 mm SW Planetary eyepiece
Location: Zsámbék, Hungary
Technique: black paper, white and black pencils

Regards,
Tamás Ábrahám
www.vadakcsillaga.hu

Globular or Open Cluster?

Galactic Cluster M11 in Scutum
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

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Hey!

I send you M.11, “Globular or open cluster?”

This cluster is very special and interesting to observe with
small telescopes. Visually it looks like a fine, open cluster, but
on photos like a globular. I really dont know its true nature.
With its two “wings” of mostly faint stars, M.11 is real nice!

The observation was made with crayons (watercolours) on
black paper only

Observing place: outside Trondheim city, Norway.
More info on my sketch!

Per-Jonny Bremseth

Yellow Moon Arising

Rising Moon on September 8th, 2009
Sketch and Details by Frank McCabe

A Lunar Oil Pastel

With the moon 4 days past full phase I knew it would be late before it was up high enough in the sky to pick a surface target for sketching. But the sight of the moon rising out of the haze, fog and clouds in the east north eastern sky caused me to change plans immediately. I returned indoors to get my oil pastel Cray-Pas crayons. I don’t especially like to use them at scope side because I get them on the telescope and eyepieces and everything else I touch but they are the only color tools I have confidence using and this occasion called for color. I have not seen the moon this color in quite some time. I never have a clear view to the horizon from my home but the moon remained this color through the first half hour of the sketch and I was able to establish the colors early on in the sketch. I first spotted the moon when it was already 10 degrees above the horizon. The orange and yellow colors were striking to see at the eyepiece. Direct view of the moon without the scope was red-orange.

Sketching:

For this sketch I used: Black Canson paper 12”x 10”, assorted colors of oil pastel crayons (Cray-Pas).

Telescope: 4.25 inch f/ 5.0 Dobsonian and 26mm eyepiece – 21x
Date: 9-8-2009 3:28-4:35 UT
Temperature: 20°C (68°F)
Partly cloudy, hazy, foggy, 84% humidity
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 1/5 – 2/5
Co longitude: 148°
Lunation: 19.7 days
Illumination: 80%

Frank McCabe

Prismatic Bay

Sinus Iridum, The Bay of Rainbows
Sketch and Details by Tamás Ábrahám

Sinus Iridum

During the observation and sketching the inner part of the bay was shaded, but the Montes Jura with Crater Bianchini was illuminated by the Sun.
The Crater Maupertuis was visible well. Seeing was not so good this night.

Details
Date: August 30, 2009
Equipment: 8 inch f/5 Newtonian reflector with 4 mm SW Planetary eyepiece
Location: Zsámbék, Hungary
Technique: black paper, white and black pencils

Tamás Ábrahám

A Study of a Great Galaxy

The Great Andromeda Galaxy M31, with M32, and M110
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

Hey!

Send you galaxy M.31, “A study of a great galaxy”.

In some clear nights with good seeng, I made a study of this
great galaxy in September 2002.
Beside my 10×50 and 7×40 binoculars, I used 50x, 80x, 111x
and 166x magn. on my 20.3 cm. SCT, f/10. I had to use high
power to see the great starcloud N.G.C. 206 in the galaxy.
It is not much structures to see in this nearby galaxy, exept
of the dark band to north and a faint brightening just north of it.
At high power I could observe a point of light in the core.
The surrounding area was bright with gradually faiding outwards.
M. 32 was round and bright compared to the oval and diffuse
M.110 to north.
I used crayons(watercolours) on black paper only.
The observation was from outside Trondheim city, Norway.

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Heavenly Sisters

M45, The Seven Sisters
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

Hey!

I send you “Heavenly Sisters”.

The open cluster M.45 or “Pleiades” is a very fine object to
observe with binoculars and telescope.
I made a study of this cluster in some clear nights in nov.2003.
First I observed M.45 with a 10×50 binocular, then I observed with
my 20.3 cm. SCT, f/10 with different oculars.
To see the Meropenebula, I blocked out the star Merope with
50x on my telescope, swept slowly over the area south of the star
and at last I could see this faint nebula.
The “Seven sisters” have got many babies do I see, with
whom, Perseus??
I used crayons (watercolours) on black paper only.

My observation was done north of Trondheim city, Norway,

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Where is the Clown?

NGC 2392, “The Clown” or “Eskimo” Nebula in Gemini
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

Hey!

I send you, “Where is the clown?”.
Well, I understand that my scope perhaps is to small to see
a clown out there, so I found out that the real clown was looking
from the other end of the telescope tube!!
I used crayons (watercolours) on black paper only.
The atmospheric quality and seeng was moderate.
The observation was made outside Trondheim city, Norway.
More info on my drawing!

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Mother of the Perseids

Comet Swift-Tuttle
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

Hey!

Send you, “comet Swift-Tuttle, the Perseides mother”.

This comet is associated with the famous meteorstream
Perseides, which will peak at maximum 12. august each year.
Comet Swift-Tuttle was seen as a bright comet in 1862 and
returned in 1992. The comet was also perhaps the same as the
one observed in 1737 (Kegler).
I was happy to observe the comet. It was active with structures
of Jets.
I made this drawing with Crayons (water colours) on black paper
(not inverted).
The seeng and the atmospheric quality was very good.
more info on my drawing!

The observation was done 6 km outside Trondheim city, Norway.

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.

A Remarkable Star of the Southern Hemisphere

The dying star, Eta Carina
Sketch by Serge Viellard, text by Frank McCabe

During his vacation trip to Namibia in March of 2009 with the 400cm. travel scope at high power, Serge captured this close up sketch of the asymmetrical orange lobes on each side of the dying star Eta Carina. Serge writes, “This sky is really extraordinary. I have above my head the most remarkable 3 nebulas of the sky with Orion beyond the zenith…”