Messier 56
By Chris Lee
Object Name : M56 in Lyra
Object Type: Globular Cluster
Location Bristol, UK
Date: 18th May
Media Sketch at the scope and transfered into a digital tools package
Had to head out into the countryside to capture this since my backyard rarely reveals any detail of M56 beyond a faint blur. Used a Nexstar 8SE. Even at this location the central region was hazy but I did get a much better impression of the “depth” of this GC.
Thanks for considering this
Chris Lee
C/2009 R1 (McNaught) at 75X
By David Antao
Bonjour,
Nom de l’objet : C2009R1 Mc Naught
Type de l’objet : Comète
Magnitude : 9.2
Lieu : Fayssac (Tarn) France
Date : le 21 mai 2010
Médias : Crayon à papier sur feuille à dessin, puis scan et négatif.
Bonjour à tous,
Je me suis levé cette nuit à 3h30 du mat, pour pouvoir jeter un œil sur cette comète qui arrive ( C2009R1 Mc Naught ).
Je l’ai trouvé très facilement ( je m’attendais à voir quelque chose de faible ). Elle est assez brillante déjà et même assez grosse. Elle ressemble beaucoup à Holmes pour l’instant. Cela laisse espérer de belle observation à venir !
Pour l’instant elle est à Mag 9.2 et elle arrivera jusqu’à la Mag 4.6 prévus ( C’est-à-dire plus de 50 fois + brillante quand ce moment ). Et avec peut-être des sursauts ? Et une queue ?
Un vrai régal !
A très bientôt
David ANTAO
Hello,
Object name : C2009R1 Mc Naught
Object Type : Comet
Mag: 9.2
Location: Fayssac (Tarn) France
Date: May 21, 2010
Media: Pencil to paper on leaf to drawing, then scan and negative.
Hello to you all,
I got up this morning at 3.30 to have a look for this comet that arrived( C2009R1 Mc Naught ) I found it very easily
(I expected to see something weak) It is quiet bright and big. For a moment it looked like Holmes. It will be a very impressive observation. At the moment the comet is at Mag 9.2 and will arrive till Mag 9.2 as foreseen.( So more then 50 times and bright)
And perhaps with some jumps? And a tail?
A real treat!
See you soon,
David
C/2009 R1 (McNaught) at 231X
By David Antao
Messier 27 – The Dumbell Nebula
By Mariano Gibaja
Object Name: M 27 – NGC 6853
Object Type: Planetary nebula. Constellation Vulpecula. Position 20h 00m
+22º 43′
Location: Bonilla (Cuenca) SPAIN
Date: 15-May-2010
Medium used: Graphite pencil, white paper. Photoshop:inverted
Equipment used: SCT 8″ 36mm (Hyperion Aspheric) 56X
It is the first planetary nebula observed by Messier. It lies about 1050
light years away in the constellation Vulpecula and is the most easy and
affordable to all telescopes.
Messier 83
János Gábor Kernya
Object: M 83 (GX, Hya)
Date: 2010. 04. 07/08.
UT.: 22h35m – 23h15m
Equipment: 105/600 RR achromat + star diagonal
Mag.: 48x
FOV.: 63’
S = 1-3 / 10
T = 5 / 5
Location: Akrotiri-peninsula (South-East Crete, near „Kalo Nero” village)
Observer: János Gábor Kernya (Hungary)
Why We Sketch
By Frank McCabe
As the sunset begins to open the view deeper into the darkness of our universe; those of us who sketch the nighttime sky are drawn out to our favorite targets for a view of the glory. Why do we sketch the stars, galaxies, nebulae, planets, moon and in the daytime the sun? We do it because it is a most creative outlet for our interest in astronomy. It is a proactive way to improve our visual observational enjoyment. As a result of sketching we create for ourselves a more critical observers eye and take deeper, longer looks at the multitude of visible targets in this universe we all share.
Astrophotography is another avenue often pursued by the amateur observer but with sketching there is an attempt to duplicate the view at the eyepiece which is not the same as a captured photographic image. The differences are all well and good with many amateurs enjoying one or the other or both.
With a sketch we have a visual hand drawn record which can be used to supplement a written log. It can bring us right back to a specific observation in the years ahead. We also have many choices of media to record what we see, including traditional types and electronic as well. Sketching is fun and challenging and we don’t need any special skills to get started.
If you feel as I do, you take great pleasure in seeing the many sketches posted here and elsewhere by astronomers from around the world sitting or standing at the eyepiece of an instrument or even without one recording the beauty they see in the nighttime sky.
This is my tribute to sketchers here and elsewhere sharing our personal view of the heavens.
Sketch:
Naked eye drawing
Sky conditions were good for transparency
Date and Time: 5/12/2010; 2:25 -2:55 UT
9″ x 12″ white Strathmore Windpower smooth Bristol paper, # 2HB, # 4HB graphite pencils, powdered brown and yellow Crayola colored pencils, light blue colored pencil, white Conte’ pastel, gum eraser.
After scanning the drawing was cropped and inverted Using Microsoft Office Picture Manager, brightness was increased +1 during scanning.
Frank McCabe
Messier 71
By Ignisdei (Robert Twarogal)
Hi!
In my five-year observation history , there hasn’t been such ugly year. Only rain and clouds over my country. However, yesterday evening, the sky suddenly cleared, after strong rain and appeared so many stars.
At the east horizon hunged Sagitta, (the Arrow). That night I looked inside it.
M71….
I really like this “almost globular cluster” 🙂
Robert!
Object Name: M71….”The almost globular cluster :)”
Object Type (globular cluster )
Location (Oborniki, Poland)
Date (17-05-2010)
Equipment: 11″ Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope + Heq5, WO SWAN 40mm,
Messier 81 and 82
By Maciej Mącidym
Hello All! This is my sketch of two bright galaxy in to the Ursa Major constellation. This is a sketch from my archive.
Object Name – M81 and M82
Object Type – double galaxy
Location Poland – Chlebna
Date 20 march. 2010
Media Graphite pencil. Inverted
Constellation – Ursa Maior
Limit Magnitude – 6.6
Equipment – SW 130/900 Newtonian + k25mm
NGC 4490 and NGC 4485
By Marek Plonka
Object Name: NGC 4490 and NGC 4485
Object Type: Galaxy
Location: Skrzyszów, Silesia, Poland
Date: 2010-04-06
Media: (graphite pencil, white paper, GIMP)
Messier 101
By Serge Vieillard
It was a Spring weekend with the club at Mount Beuvray in Morvan, [France] and superb weather, despite a strong wind, refrigerating and annoying us. I was prepared for a beautiful feast of Messier galaxies with the T400-c….
… M101 was my main goal of these nights. I spend long hours and redid a second drawing on a pre-field star for greater rigor of proportion. The finale is a composite of these two drawings
Object: M 101 (NGC 5457) face on spiral galaxy – Artist: Serge Vieillard – Sketch Date: Early in 2010 Sketch Location: Movan, France
Ally’s Braid (Alcyone’s Braid)
By Aleksander Cieśla
Hello! This is my sketch of interesting asterism named Ally’s Braid (Alcyone’s Braid). Bright star ‘in the top of eyepice view’ is Alcyone. The ‘Braid’ includes 7 stars about 7 mag. and several darkest stars.
Objects: Ally’s Braid – Asterism
Constellation: Taurus (Pleiades)
Date: February 26, 2010
Place: Poland, Wrocław
Equipment: Schmidt-Cassegrain 5″ with Antares W70 25mm
Seeing: 2,5/5
Transparency: 2,5/5
Weather: Good. Moon about 88%
Technique: Graphite pencil. Inverted
Observer: Aleksander Cieśla (Wimmer)
