Category: Inverted

Treasure of Orion

Treasure of Orion

M42, the Great Nebula of Orion and NGC 1980, star cluster
Sketch and details by Aleksander Cieśla (Wimmer)

Hello! This is my latest sketch of two deep sky objects in the constellation of Orion.

Objects: Messier 42 – The Great Orion Nebula (top) & NGC 1980
Cluster (bottom)
Date: February 22, 2010
Place: Poland, Wrocław
Equipment: Schmidt-Cassegrain 5″ with Antares W70 25mm
Seeing: 2/5
Transparency: 2/5
Weather: Good. Light wind. Moon about 59%
Technique: Graphite pencil. Inverted
Observer: Aleksander Cieśla (Wimmer)

Unsheathing the sword

Orion's Sword

Orion’s Sword: NGC 1980, Messier 42 and 43, NGC 1977, NGC 1981
Sketch and Details by Peter Mayhew
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Location: York, UK
Date: 17th January 2010

How do you do justice to Orion’s sword? Whilst photography can reveal what the eye cannot see, it cannot easily record what the eye does see. Here is my attempt at the winter showpiece of the Northern skies. The more you linger and let the photons work over your retina, the more shades of grey and ripples of dark and light emerge: the scene really sucks you in. The sketch covers two degrees of arc top to bottom, and I viewed through a 25mm eyepiece on my Skywatcher Skyliner 152mm f8 Dobsonian, which gives a field of view of about half the sketch. The sketch was done in graphite pencil on white paper at the eyepiece and then scanned and inverted. Labels added later.

NGC 2392

NGC 2392
NGC 2392 – The Eskimo Nebula
Sketch and Details by Ferenc Lovró

I’ve sketched this planetary about a year ago, I did not mark it as “SKETCHED” in my list of objects, so the result is a new drawing. However, when I compared the two sketches, it was obvious to make this mistake, because now – even if conditions were not ideal thanks to the 50% Moon nearby – I was able to see and record much more details: the brighter arcs around the central star were not at all visible for me, but now they were easily noticeable. The UHC filter was not necessary to observe this object, however it boosted the intensity of the brighter central bubble.

Sketching:

Constellation: Gemini
Right ascension: 7h 30m; Declination: 20° 53′
Date/time: 2010.02.21 20:00 UT
Equipment: 12″ f/5 Newtonian
FoV: 11′ Magnification and filter(s): 300x + UHC filter(s)
Seeing: 7/10 Transparency: 3/5
Observer: Ferenc Lovró
Location: Nádasdladány, Hungary

Object: Planetary Nebula NGC 2392 also known as: Caldwell C39, Herschel H45-4, Eskimo or Clown Face Nebula

Orion’s Verdant Jewel

Messier 42 and 43
Messier 42 and 43
Sketch and Details by Rodrigo Pasiani Costa

Despite I was observing from a small town, the lights affected a little the result. When I do it far from downtown, on a farm, I’m able to see something better. I’ll sketch another one – from the farm – as soon as I can. I hope you enjoy this, it’s my first sketch. The atmosphere conditions were good.

Special thanks to Rodrigo Testa and Ricardo, who helped me a lot with the telescope.

Telescope: 180mm reflector dob. f/6, ATM S. S. Filho

The Deer Lick Group

Sketch of the Deer Lick Group

The Deer Lick Group
Sketch and Details by Miłosz Guzowski

Hi,
today I want to present my sketch of Deer Lick – galaxy grup from Pegasus.
Object name: NGC 7331 (Deer Lick group)
Object type: Galaxy cluster
Location: Białuty (Poland)
Date: 18/19.08.2009
Scope: 10″ newtonian + ploosl 10mm (mag. 120x)

Medium : Graphite/blending stump on white paper + GIMP processing