Hi Asod! This is the Orion Nebula and M43, sketched by me with my Dobsonian Telescope f/5 10”. I think M42 is the most beautiful object of our sky, i cried when I saw it the first time. So I decided to sketch it; I spent 45 minutes and I used black pencil on White paper, then the sketch was inverted and elaborated at computer. I hope you enjoy it!
Object name: M42 & M43
Object type: Nebula
Location: Copertino (LE), Italy
Date: 2-3-2014, 20:10
Media: Black pencil on white paper, inverted and elaborated at computer
Object Name: C96
Object Type Open Cluster
Location Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: 07/11/2013
Media: 2H and 2B pencil. GIMP2 edition.
Intrumental: Binocular Braun 12×50
[Editor’s note: Apologies to all, I mistakenly expanded C96 to say Collinder 96 when first posting. I have now corrected it to be Caldwell 96. J. Perez]
Object Cluster galaxies between Andromedae, Triangulum and Perseus
Location: Bonilla (Cuenca) – Spain. November 2. 2013 – Male 6.0
Media:
– Sketches made torchon with black and white pencil on paper and processed with GIMP.
– New 10” – 80x
Group NGC 1023 is a galaxy cluster late-type ( spiral and irregular ) that are around 10Mpac .
Just below the Milky Way and in one area, we x 10 º 10 º , which occupies part of the constellation Perseus , Andromeda and the Triangle found this cluster of galaxies .
Full members of the cluster :
– NGC 925 ( UGC dominates a subgroup with UGC 1865 and 1924)
– NGC 1023 ( is the principal of the whole cluster and leads another subgroup with NGC 891, NGC 949, NGC 1003, NGC 1058, UGC 2014 , UGC 2034 and UGC 2259 )
– NGC 746 and IC 239.
The amateur who has a tube 8” or 10” and a sky at least one stellar magnitude of 6, can see how little its four brightest members : NGC 1023, NGC 891, NGC 925 and NGC 1058.
Contemplation while these four galaxies of the same cluster and a similar distance , allow us to easily appreciate the different morphological characteristics and the actual importance of the size and mass of each .
Greetings to all visitors of this page.
Pedro Villamiel Gonzalez. Alcorcon, Madrid. November 03.2013
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997), one of the greatest astronomer of the 20th century, died 17 years ago. These two drawings were made in honour of his memory.
Using the brightest star of Mirfak in the constellation Perseus, it was easy to find the surrounding star field known as “Melotte 20” or “Collinder 39”, the Alpha Persei Cluster field is beautiful. Once fully in focus, the first thing I said was, “Wow.”
Object: Alpha Persei Cluster
Date: February 8th, 2014 – 9:30 – 10:30pm CT
Location: New Braunfels, Texas – back yard
Conditions: 42°F, clear with waxing gibbous moon
Instruments: 10×50 Wide-Angle Binoculars
Medium: Graphite on white sketch paper, inverted
Bonjour,
Un dessin de M42 réalisé sur 2 nuits (7h d’observation) au T400 en Nouvelle Calédonie. Tous les grossissements ont été utilisés, mais principalement 300x. Ciel perfectible avec des passages nuageux génants.
C’est un dessin original format A4, en négatif couleur sur un champ préétoilé, colorisé L, V(OIII), R(H-béta) , reprise des étoiles sous photoshop.
J’en profite pour rappeler la sortie de notre ouvrage commun
“ASTRODESSIN, Observation & dessins en astronomie”
http://www.astrodessin.com/
Serge
PS : désolé pour la langue anglaise !
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Hello,
A drawing of M42 performed on two nights (7am observation) at T400 in New Caledonia. All magnifications were used, but mainly 300x. Perfectible troublesome sky with clouds.
This is an original drawing A4 format color negative on a préétoilé field colorized L, V (OIII), R (H-beta), resumption of stars in photoshop.
I want to remind the release of our joint work
“ASTRODESSIN, Observation & drawings astronomy” http://www.astrodessin.com/
Object Name: The Homunculus. η Car. Keyhole Nebula. Carina Nebula.
Object Type: Bipolar nebula. Star. Dark Nebula. Emission Nebula.
Location: San Miguel, Buenos Aires Argentina.
Conditions: NELM 4.8-5.1. Good transparency, acceptable seeing. Moonset (Waxing Gibbous).
Date: 12/01/2014 3:30 am.
Media: 2H, HB, blend stump and PS.
Equipment: Meade LB 12″ on equatorial tracking platform. Plossl 10mm + x2 Barlow.
Hi ASOD! This time I’ve drawn the incredible Homunculus and the surrounding nebula along with the stars. As a beginner, the sketch was a challenge for me. I`m not sure if the Keyhole and Carina nebula are 100% correct because of the light from early summer sunrise. Anyway, the Homunculus was amazing with interior dust lanes and notches.
Object Name (SN 2014J in M82)
Object Type (Supernova in galaxy)
Location (Provence – France)
Date (Feb 2nd 2014)
Media (graphite pencil, watercolour on white paper)
Hello sketchers, here is my contribution to the observation of SN 2014J.
From Jan. 23rd till Feb. 11th I spend a lot of good time with the M82 supernova. Sketching the galaxy, estimate the visual magnitude and made watercolour of the sceneries.
Sometime I observed with friends and their materials, sometime I’m alone on the middle of no where, between the Provencal wild nature and the dark sky. Here in south France the temperature is quite high for the season but wind blows, so, often I place my car to protect the 12” Dobson from the mistral.
Attached is a kind of “auto portrait” (yes, that’s me!), from a photo I take tonight. On the basis I add the AAVSO curve with my own visual observations (blue cross is DMIB).
The technique used is inverted watercolour, so I invert the colours of the sketch while scanning. For the galaxy this is common sketch black on white – inverted.
Thanks to read this, clear sky to you all !
Michel
file name – “m99_supernova_Kim Byong su”
object Name – Supernova in M99 sketch
Location – But-gogae Gosong-ri Yangdong-myeon Yangpyeong-gun Gyeonggi-do S.KOREA
Media – pencil, charcoal , white Paper
XQ 10″ Dob / TMB 6mm “208x”
this sketch image 1280 pixel..
140x – Sharp => Looked for a short time(0.2~1.5 seconds)
208x – Cloudy Sharp=> Looked for a long time (2~3 seconds)
