Category: Paper

Immersed in Darkness

Copernicus

Lunar crater Copernicus
Sketch and Details by Krzysztof Jastrzebski (Jarzbi)

Hi.
I’m sending the charcoal sketch of the crater Copernicus immersed in darkness.

Object Name:
* Object Type (Moon: Copernicus crater)
* Location (Skawina City in Poland)
* Date (03 May 2009, 20:00 UTC)
* Equipment: Synta 8” Dob, Eyepice SP10 mm.

Greetings,
Krzysztof Jastrzebski (Jarzbi)

Stars Like Tiny Pinpoints

M53

M53 (NGC 5024) Globular cluster
Sketch and Details by Kiminori Ikebe, translation by Mr. Eiji Kato

This is a globular cluster southeast of Mel.111 in Coma Berenices. It is fairly large and even at 110x it is finely resolved. This is a beautiful globular cluster with individual stars appearing as pinpoints.
The core shows even brightness and stars are well resolved to the center. North of the center there is a double, but they do not seem to belong to the cluster. The outlying regions in the northern half show scattered faint stars. The southern nebulosity does not show this.

Date of observation: 2000/04/09 02:58 UT
Observing site: Makinoto, Japan
Transparency/seeing/sky darkness: 3/4/4
Instruments: 32cmDB with XL14 at 110x
Width of field: 0.6 °
Kiminori Ikebe

Space Duo

M97 and M108

M97 “The Owl Nebula” and Galaxy M108
Sketch and Details by Janusz Krysiak

Hi,

These are the planetary nebula M97 and the galaxy M108. Together are beautifully visible.

Object Name: M 97, M 108
Object Type: Planetary nebula, Galaxy
Location: Pyrnik(Poland)
Date: 14.04.2009

medium: pencil, white paper
equipment: Newton 305/1500
magnification: 68 x

Two Craters in the Extreme Northern Zone

Philolaus and Anaximenes

Lunar craters Philolaus and Anaximenes
Sketch and Details by Giorgio Bonacorsi

Hello Astronomy Sketchers,all o.k.?

After bad weather i decide to observe and drawing the Moon.The vision is partially clear,humidity and clouds cover the sky and made a sketch was very difficult.But yesterday,the sky was clear and i take my little Vixen vmc 110 klevstov .I observe the north zone and decide to drawing two beautyfull craters:Philolaus and Anaximenes.The execution, at the end, was complicated by the passage of light clouds and humidity.I hope like you .

Clear sky and good sketch for all.
Ciao,Giorgio Bonacorsi.

Site:Pergola,Marche Region,Center Italy.
Date:5-6 of May 2009
Moon phase:Crescent (12,1 days)
Instrument:Klevstov Vixen vmc 110
Eyepiece: 15mm + Barlow (138x)
Seeing:Good, clouds and humidity at the end.
Temperature:Fresh,no wind.

A Rupes and a Rima

Rupes Recta

Rupes Recta and Rima Birt
Sketch and Details by Balázs Benei

Hello,

This is my other sketch, I made it at the beginning of April. Rupes Recta was very easy to observe, it was totally in the field of vision. Rimae Birt was not so easy but I could see it firmly. The seeing was very good at times, I could observ the crater Birt D, which had only 3km (~2miles) diameter. I think this was the end of the definition of my telescope. I made the sketch with graphite pencil.

My equipment: 110/800 (4′) Newtonian reflector, 2x barlow, 10mm eyepiece, 160x magnification.

Yours sincerely
Balázs Benei

Object name: Rupes Recta, Rimae Birt

Object type: Lunar rille, Lunar rimae

Location: Gyöngyös, Hungary

Date: 2009. 04. 04. 17:35 – 18:55 UT

Magnificent Archimedes

Archimedes

Lunar crater Archimedes
Sketch and Details by Krzysztof Jastrzebski (Jarzbi)

Hello.
This is my new charcoal sketch: large lunar impact crater Archimedes.
Object Name:
* Object Type (Moon: Archmiedes crater)
* Location (Skawina City in Poland)
* Date (02 May 2009, 20:00 UTC)
* Equipment: Synta 8” Dob, Eyepice SP10 mm.

Greetings,
Krzysztof Jastrzebski (Jarzbi)

Galactic Windmill

M101

M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major
Sketch and Details by Janusz Krysiak

Object Name:M 101
Object Type:Galaxy
Location:Pyrnik(Poland)
Date:17.04.2009

medium: pencil, white paper
equipment: Newton 300/1500
magnification: 68x

Hi,

The building which has absorbed most of my time, many observations have
enabled me to draw some conclusions. First of all, the best results
achieved when the galaxy was very high. My requests generally
poorly-visible, the middle of the oval and a little brighter, you can
see two “weak points of light” near each other in the vicinity of the
center, I recommend a look around the chief field of view, found three
“weak points of light” to show the galaxy frame, after a long
observation draws M 101 is a painting, sketch shows roughly what I saw
and I must say that gave me a lot of satisfaction.

Janusz Krysiak

Holmes, a Historic Comet

Comet Holmes

Comet 17P/ Holmes
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

Hey!

Sending you “Holmes, a historic comet”.

This drawing was made 26. oct. 2007, 20.55 U.T.
Telescope : 15 inch Dob. f 4.5. , 140x magn.
Location : Trondheim astronomical observatory outside
the town.
Country : Norway.
The sketch was made with water colour crayons on black
paper (not inverted).

The comet was a most interesting object to observe, and I
made many sketches of this exploded comet.
More info on my drawing!

Best wishes from Norway and Per-Jonny Bremseth!!