Oject name: M13
Type of object: Globular Star Cluster
Date: 13 April 2012
seeing 7/10
Type of telescope: Newton 200/1200, eypiece: BST 8mm
Location:Psary, in Poland
Media: White paper, pencil 2B
Hey, I send my sketch M 13th I live in Poland in the village Psary. The sky is very dark so you can see faint stars with a brightness up to 6 magnitudes. M13 is my favorite object to observe through my 8 “telescope. Telescope 8” I am able to break the globular clusters of stars near to the center. Large field of view in the eyepiece and the nearby nature make a deep impression of observation. My sketch done in pencil 2B , on white paper and then reversed the color in the GIMP.
The atmosphere appears to be finally drying out here on the east coast of Australia. Viewing from near home on the 24th of April, DSO’s were noticeably easier to see and make out detail in. The clearest for a very long time.
Thought I’d tackle a Monster too. This one’s been taunting me for some time. Teasing through the mushy viewing during the last year. It’s “Eye” staring back in defiance.
Here is my shot at Omega Centauri using my 17.5″. So mind numbingly complex in structure. It’s core shows it’s “eye” looking back, which is washed out in long exposure photos. This is Omega’s most outstanding signature feature.
Alex M.
Object: Omega Centauri, NGC 5139
Scope: 17.5″ push-pull dob
Gear: 16mm Unitron Konig, 125X
Date: 24th March 2012
Location: Sydney, Australia
Media: Pastels, charcoal and white ink on A4 size black paper.
Time: 2.5hrs
M15 (GC in Pegasus)
Location : Kang-Won do, South Korea
Date : Sep/9/2011 (1hr)
Media : White paper, Sharp pencil (0.7mm, 0.5mm), Scan & Invert
Equipment : Discovery 15″ Dob, Nagler 9mm
I observed M15 under best sky condition.
Some star chains and star vacancy regions across the GC.
And finally I found Pease1. (Not visible in this sketch. Pease1 needs O3 filter)
Pease1 observation is very difficult.
So I use ‘Blinking Method’ with O3 filter..
If you want to see my Pease1 sketch, please refer to below link.
This October New Moon saw me attend for the first time the Ice In Space Astro Camp. The forecast threatened thunderstorms, but as luck would have it, the clouds parted to give us a great view of the sky. Thunderstorms did happen, but we only saw the glow of the flash of lightening from a massive storm system that lay behind a ridge.
My first sketch of the night was of 47 Tuc (NGC 104). This massive globular cluster is considered to be the remnant core of a galaxy long ago swallowed up by our Milky Way. There is at least one other remnant core, that being Omega Centauri.
The view of 47 Tuc through my 17.5” is nothing but astounding. At 125X the whole FOV is filled with countless stars. Its core is very compact and extremely bright, and the reach of the remaining ball of stars is impossible to determine its limits. Transparency was a little lacking, but you take what you get sometimes.
For once I added a FOV ring around the subject. My customary ringless sketch lacked a little something with this one as the field doesn’t extend to the edge of the page, the excessive blank black caused a lack of context. The FOV ring this time I feel gives that context to the sketch with only a small amount of extraneous stars lying just outside the ring.
An interesting comparison is between 47 Tuc and Omega Centauri, the two largest globular clusters in the sky. Omega’s core is larger in apparent size, while 47’s is much more compact and intense. This makes for an easier pick-up of ‘fingerprint’ patterns within Omega, while these patterns are much more subtle and even fickle in 47 Tuc. Still, these differences make for their distinct & unique qualities.
This was a challenge to sketch faithfully. As most of the stars in this cluster are actually quite faint on their own, it became more of a matter of attempting to lay down an impression of the collective features. The patchy ‘mini clusters’ around the perimeter, the suggested arcs and lines, and the distinct three ‘dark’ spots on the core, one of which is more of a bar that lies above two of the spots.
I hope you enjoy this sketch.
Alex M.
Object: 47 Tuc (NGC 104)
Scope: 17.5” f/4.5 push-pull dob
Gear: 16mm Unitron König, 125X
Location: Lostock, NSW, Oz
Date: 30th October 2011
Media: White pastel pencil and white gel pen on A4 size black paper
Duration: 1.5hrs.
– Object Name: Allround Sketches
– Object Type: Deepsky
– Location: Lith, the Netherlands
– Date: 22-10-2011
– Media: black pencil on with paper / PS CS5
The sky was pretty clear last week. There were two nights that I was able to observe the night sky from our backyard.
I made on the second night (22-10-’11) a few allround sketches from some of my favorite objects.
Here below you’ll see three sketches I have made:
M13: Globular Starcluster in Hercules. This object was very nice visible through the telescope (130/900) and the binoculars (10×50).
M45 in Taurus. A beautiful starformation that was very impressive through the binoculars.
Aldebaran & Hyads in Taurus: Also a very nice formation. These type of objects are best visible through widefield lenses or binoculars.
I send you the globular M. 92.
This object have an interesting central part and fine structures. Info on my sketch.
I used pen and pencil on white paper (inverted).
Observation from Trondheim, Norway.
26/08/2011 _ 23.30 – 23.50 CEST
Hlucin _ Czech rep.
Pencil on white paper and inverted in Photoshop
Here is the sketch of comet Garradd and globular cluster M71. Conditions were very fine, clear sky and only some light pollution. I made the sketch yesterday night. [note: sketch was submitted August 26, 2011.]
Clear sky
