Messier 44
Sketch and Details by Vass Gábriel
Dear ASOD!
My first astronomical drawing.
Thank you!
Object Name: M44 – NGC 2632
Object Type: Open Cluster
Constellation: Cancer
Right Ascension: 08h 40m 22.2s
Declination: +19° 40′ 19″
Date: 2010. 01. 10.
Location: Újkígyós (Hungary)
Universal Time: 21h40m – 22h40m
Equipment: 4″ – 102/500 refractor ( f/5 )
Seeing: 8/10
Transparency: 3/5
Eyepiece: 25mm Barium
Magnification: 20x
FOV: 2°
Technique: pencil, graphite pencil, white paper, inverted
Messier 5 and STF 1930
Sketch and Details by Mariano Gibaja
Object Name: M 5 (NGC5904) and STF 1930 in Serpens constellation.
Object Type: (Globular Cluster/Double Star)
Location: Bonilla (Cuenca) SPAIN
Date: 2010-April-10; UT: 23;30
Medium used: Graphite pencil one white paper. Photoshop:inverted
Equipment used: SCT 8″ (64X)
The observation of this globular cluster is very rewarding. It finds itself
in Serpens’ constellation, approximately 25.000 light years away. M5 and M13
are the two most brilliant globular cluster in the northern hemisphere. It
has a very thick core and it can be observed how ramifications of starts
have their origin in it, the famous ‘spider legs’ that give to the cluster
its elliptical shape. The image of this beautiful cluster is completed with
the star 5 SER, with a magnitude of 5. But actually, if we observe closely
we can see that it is a double star. In this case it is the STF 1930, make
up of the star of magnitude 5 and its partner of magnitude 10, with a
separation of 11,4”.
I have done this draft in the observation area of the Astronomical
Association of Madrid (Agrupación Astronómica de Madrid) in Bonilla, Cuenca.
The weather was good and the temperature was around 3º C.
Do not miss the spectacle that this globular is offering and that will be
with us during the warm summer nights.
Leo II (UGC 6253)
Sketch and Details by János Tóth
Dear ASOD!
I would like to present my latest sketch of the dwarf galaxy Leo II (UGC 6253). (11 13 28 + 22 09 10)
Hard object with 15cm Newton!
Right Ascension: 11 13 28
Declination: + 22 09 10
Kisújszállás (Hungary)
Date: 2010. 03. 31.
Time 19:57-20:21 UT
Seeing: 4/10
Transparency: 4/10
Equipment: 6″ Newt Dob ( f/8 )
Eyepiece: 20mm Barium
Mag.: 60x
FOV: 61′
Technique: pencil, graphite pencil, white paper, inverted,
Thank you.
NGC 7293 – The Helix Nebula
Sketch by John Eaccarino
Object Name: NGC7293, Helix Nebula
Object Type: Planetary Nebula
Location: Bandera, Texas, USA
Date: 11/17/09
Time: 19:34 CST
Conditions: Clear; Seeing 3/5; Transparency 5/5
Equipment: 280mm SCT, 40mm EP, DGM-NPB (UHC type nebula filter)
Medium: 0.7mm Graphite pencil on white paper. Scanned and color inverted.
Sun – H-Alpha – April 9, 2010
Sketch and Details by Stephen Ames
I use:
Crayola Cerulean pencil for plage
Crayola Aqua Green pencil for proms
White 20# paper
I scan into photoshop and invert.
Blue skies,
Stephen Ames
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NGC 2392
Sketch and Details by Stefano Delmonte
NGC 2392 planetary nebula in Gemini
Location: Priorato , one of the most prestigious wine zone of Spain!
13-march.2010
Graphite pencil one white paper, then with photoshop: inverted and rounded stars.
I use sketching in order to show and record in one image all the information the retina can catch in a large observing session.
The night that the association I’m part of organized the Messier marathon, I decided to be a bad boy and move to NGC.
The reason were a good seeing, a brief look at Mars confirm an Antoniadi III , the best part of sky is always zenith and there were NGC2392 waiting to be explored at good conditions.
At first either the central star and the double shell were easily seen, but only after more than 30 minutes observing, the “face” orientation did appear.
I didn’t care too much about what resemble because at the end of all an exploded star is really a fantastic sight anyway!
Ciao, Stefano.
Messier 99
Sketch and Details by Bertrand Laville
Observation details
Date of observation: 08 févr. 2008 02:00 UT
Length of observation: 100 min
Object position: Alt: 59.0°, Az: 158.7°
Observation conditions:
no wind, t 4.3°, hu 53%, SQM at zenith 21.55, limiting naked eye magnitude 6.6 in UMi, Transparency 1 (on scale 1 very good to 5 very bad) weak light pollution on west horizon, seeing quite good.
Observing site:
Puimoisson le PetitTelle, Southern French Alps, altitude 700 m
Instrument: TN 635 Dobson Obsession
Main eyepiece: Televue Nagler 13mm Type 6
Barlow: (None)
Magnification: 240x
Notes:
Very structured galaxy. Three spires are obvious. The “S” shape made by the two longest ones is well visible. Center regions are very concentrated, with a stellar nucleus, about m15v.
HII regions are numerous and precisely analysable along the three spires. More details in my web site (with, unfortunately, observing notes written in french)
Bertrand Laville, from Marseille, France
www.deepsky-drawings.com
NGC 3115
Sketch and Details by János Tóth
Dear ASOD!
My new astronomy sketch:
NGC 3115
Galaxy in Sextans (10 05 14 – 07 43 07)
Kisújszállás (Hungary)
2010. 03. 09.
Seeing: 2/10
transparency: 9/10
6″ Newt Dob ( f/8 )
Eyepiece: 10mm Barium
Mag.: 120x
FOV: 28′
Technique: pencil, graphite pencil, white paper, inverted,
IC 434, B 33, NGC 2023 and NGC 2024
Sketch and Details by János Gábor Kernya
Object: B 33 + IC 434 + NGC 2023 + NGC 2024 diffuse nebula (Ori)
Date: 2009. 11. 12/13.
UT.: 22h32m – 02h07m
Equipment: 305/1525 Dobsonian reflector
Mag.: 48x
FOV: 52’ + 52’
S = 2-3 / 10
T = 4 / 5
Observer: János Gábor Kernya
Location: Sükösd, Hungary
Sketch of IC 434.: Thousand Oaks H-Beta filter
Sketch of NGC 2024: without filter
Messier 106
Sketch and Details by Oana Sandu
Hello!
These are the details of my sketch
Object: Name Messier 106
Object Type: Spiral Galaxy in Cannes Venatici
Location: Vladeasa, Romania
Date: 18.08.2009
It was done with a 200mm Dobson, using a 24mm eyepiece.
Thank you!
Oana
