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Leo II and Copeland’s Septet

Leo II and Copeland's Septet
Leo II and Copeland’s Septet

Object Name: Leo II and Copeland’s Septet

Object Type (Galaxies)
Location (Nienawiszcz, Poland)
Date (05-may-2014)
Equipment: Newtonian telescope 409/1800 (Capella 41), WO SWAN 40mm, ES 14mm eyepiece , Soligor Barlow 2X
Object: – Artist: Robert Twarogal (Ignisdei)

Night from Saturday to Sunday (3-4 May 2014) was beautiful. The observation started at 22.00. Near the Star „Gamma Leo” I found a spectacular Leo II (dwarf spheroidal galaxy UGC 6253 ( distance from Earth of 750 thousand light-years.) Galaxy Leo II was discovered in 1950 by Robert Harrington and Albert Wilson under the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. Leo II belong to the our Local Group, and is a satellite of the Milky Way. Beautiful large, galaxy, „rather” visible in 41cm mirror + Swan 40mm and Soligor Barlow 2X

Then with some dose of skepticism I began to search a Copeland’s Septet (Hickson 57)

This is a close gropup of seven galaxies that lies about 480 million light-years away in Leo, discovered by Ralph Copeland in 1874. An apparent magnitudes of them: between 13.6 and 15.2, it was hard to divide, They are very faint even in Newtonian 16” + ES 14 mm in power 128X.

Yours Robert

A Tail of Two Comets and Algol

Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) - April 10, 1996 and Comet C/1995 01 (Hale-Bopp) - April 10, 1997
Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) – April 10, 1996 and Comet C/1995 01 (Hale-Bopp) – April 10, 1997

Hey ASOD!

This is not often to see on the sky, two comet-tails with the star ALGOL
in the middle of them!!
The observations were made one year apart, but both at 10 apr. 21.00U.T.!
More info on my sketches! I hope you all enjoy the observations.
Both sketches were made with waterbased color- crayons on black paper.
Loc.: Trondheim, Norway.
Thank you for comments, and have a nice time under the stars!

Best from Per-Jonny Bremseth.

NGC 6822 Barnard’s Galaxy

NGC 6822, Barnard's Galaxy
NGC 6822, Barnard’s Galaxy

Hi ASOD community last month to observe this incredible background irregular galaxy is weak but not enough to be spooky. A striking detail is to visualize the light concentration from north to south, with the odd within this park. All the more weak and irregular with a grainy appearance of faint stars that come and go, some of them more clear and stable outer layer.

I was very pleased with what you see through the eyepiece, not expecting much of this beautiful galaxy.

Best Regards.

Roberto.

Object name: NGC 6822
Object type: Galaxy
Location: Arroba de los montes Ciudad Real ( spain )
Date: 27 June 2014
Hour: 03:20 < 04:00
Media: Graphite pencil, processed and inverted gimp 2.8
Optical equipment: Dobsonian telescope Meade Lightbridge 10'' F/5 Eye piece Ethos 13mm
Magnification 97x True field 1°
Sky conditions: Calm wind, transparency 4/5 Seeing 3/5. Temperature 11,1°C / RH 62% SQM 21,56

http://dibujodelcielonocturno.blogspot.com.es/ web site

Moon Crater Tycho

Lunar crater Tycho - July 12, 2014
Lunar crater Tycho – July 12, 2014

Moon Crater Tycho
Telescope: 8″ f6, reflector on Dobson Mount
Eyepiece: Delos 12mm
Made July 12th 2014 at 23h UTC
The most visible item on full moon.

Aurelio Alcalde
Normalmente en: lat: 40º 27′ 21” N, long: 3º 38′ 50” W
Ocasionalmente en: lat: 40º 05′ 58” N, long: 5º 47′ 05” W

NGC 6826 The Blinking Planetary

NGC 6826, The Blinking Planetary - planetary nebula
NGC 6826, The Blinking Planetary – planetary nebula

Object Name: NGC 6926. Caldwell 15..
RA: 19h 49m 48.0s; Dec: +50° 31′ 31 ”
Magnitude: 8.8
Object size: 27″x 24″
Distance: 2,000 light years approx.
Constellation: Cygnus
Type: Planetary Nebula
Description: PN, D, L, R, * 11M.
Location: Bonilla. Cuenca. Spain.
Date: July 1, 2014.
Time: 01:20 UT.
Material used: graphite pencils on white paper. Image processed with Photoshop. Converted into animated gif using two images.
Celestron Telescope S/C 8″ Mount Cgt-5
Eyepiece: LV-M 22mm; Magnification: 92x.
Condition: NEML: 5’91 (Zone 14 Cygnus). Temperature: 14°. Calm wind.

More information: http://astrodibujo.blogspot..com.es/