Category: Inverted

Christmas in Monoceros

Though it’s not the time of the Holidays, I managed to sketch down this nice open cluster just before Christmas.
40x magnification showed the full cluster in my 80/400 refractor, which made me happy.

I hope you enjoyed it, too!

Object Name (NGC 2264 OC Mon)
Object Type (Open Cluster)
Location (Tiszaújváros, Hungary)
Date (10th December, 2010)
Media (graphite pencil, finalized using felt tip pen)

Gamma Leonis (Algieba) and his companion

Dear artists:
Hi;
Gamma Leonis (Algieba) and his companion.
Apparent Magnitude: +2.28
Companion Apparent Magnitude: +3.51
Distance from sun: 126 light years
Separation: 4”

Location: Iran/Tehran
25 March 2011. Time: 21.30 (local time)
Optic: Newt. 8”(Dabs.skywatcher)
Eyepiece: 10mm plossl
Moon: Waning Gibbous.
Seeing: 3

Pasha Majidi

Lightning Moon

Object name and type: Moon
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Date: 8th March 2011
Media: Graphite pencil on white paper, Photoshop to invert.
Equipment used: 10×50 Scopium WA Binocular

The weather conditions were great, the Moon (at least a quarter of it :-)) was lighting outloud. It was beautiful and as this lightlyness was the most beautiful part of it I have tried to give it back on my graphic. Some of the craters were also visible with the binocular, especially the bigger ones between the dark and light border.

—
Dr. Hannák Judit
+36-30-542-68-80
hannak.judit@gmail.com

Treasures of a Lion

The Leo Triplet – three galaxies M65, M66, and the NGC 3628.
It is a small group of galaxies located about 35 million light years away from Earth

Apparent Magnitude of the members is from 9,3 -10,4mag

March 6, 2011- I saw them in SCT 11″ (power of about 70x), in the Swan 40mm, with field of view 72 degrees !
The NELM was about 5 mag, sky was very clear.
These objects like magnification, if we had used it, the Triplet would have shown us a lot of details.

Yours sincerely Robert

Object Name: The Leo Triplet
Object Type (galaxies)
Location (Oborniki, suburbia, Poland)
Date (06-03-2011)
Equipment: 11″ Schmidt ; Cassegrain on CGEM, WO SWAN 40mm
Autor: Ignisdei (Robert Twarogal)

Somewhere in Big Bear

Hi,

In attachment you can find sketch of famous pair of galaxies M81 & M82

Short description:

Object Name M81 – spiral galaxy & M82 – spiral galaxy with bar. Both in Ursa Major
Object Type galaxies
Location Budy Dłutowskie – small village in central Poland
Date 08.02.2011
Media graphite pencil, white paper, color invert
Telescope ATM ATROBINO (two Newtonians 165/650) + two TV Plossl 20mm eyepieces
Seeing 5/5
Transparency 4/5
NELM 6 mag

This time I have some kind of classic 🙂 Famous galaxies M81 & M82 in Ursa Major.
I observed it through the ATM ASTROBINO (two connected newtonians 165/650). It is great instrument for this kind of objects under dark sky.
Both galaxies were clearly visible with some details in Cigar (some “shadows” in the structure) . M81 – disk with brighter core, no more details observed.

Clear sky
Łukasz

Protean Horn of the Unicorn

Object Name: NGC 2261
Type: Reflection Nebula
Constellation: Monoceros.
Observing Location: Bonilla. Cuenca. SPAIN.
Date: February 6, 2011
Material used: graphite pencil on white paper. Sketch processed with Photoshop.
Telescope: Celestron S/C 8″ Mount Cgt5
Eyepiece: 13 mm Hyperion (155X). FOV: 0’44º
MALE: 5,7 Temp.: -1ºC

This is the sketch of the beautiful nebula cometary in the constellation Monoceros whose apex is the variable star R Monocerotis.
More information about the sketch and NGC 2261 in:
http://astrodibujo.blogspot.com/