Category: Paper

Thor’s Helmet

NGC 2359
NGC 2359

Object Name NGC 2359
Object Type emission nebula around Wolf Rayet star
Location Budy Dłutowskie – small village in central Poland
Date 05.03.2013
Media graphite pencil, white paper, color invert
Telescope Columbus 320UL (320/1384 Newtonian) +
Nagler 22mm + Baader OIII 2”
Seeing 2/5 (good)
Transparency 2/5 (good)
NELM 5,7 mag

In my opinin this object is very underestimated. Usually
astrophotographers choose it as their targets but viusual observers
don’t look at this nebula very often. And this is very bad…. because
object is really impressive. In 10-12” telescopes (or greater of
course) you can see main central helmet shaped part of nebula and
after 2-3 minutes of adaptation you can observe beautiful wings which
grows from central part. Inside helmet, around central W-R star you
can see delicate linear structures created by nebula gas.

OIII filter is necessary and it is greatly improve contrast and shows
many details of this very beutiful object.

If have an occasion try to see it. You won’t be dissapointed 🙂

Clear Sky
Łukasz

NGC 2169 “37 Cluster”

NGC 2169
NGC 2169

NGC 2169 “37 Cluster”
Open Cluster in Orion
Alcorcon, Spain (urban sky)
February 3, 2013 00:30 am
New 10” – dobson

Pedro Villamiel

Media: Graphite Pencil HB 2, torchon 1 and 130g drawing sheet
inverted colors with GIMP 2.8

This drawing I did in the terrace of my apartment one night that tube to return the field without being able to observe because of clouds and hail that fell.

Nebulous Star of Al Sufi

IC 2391 (Omicron Velorum Cluster)
IC 2391 (Omicron Velorum Cluster)

Object name: IC2391, Lac II.5;
Object type: open cluster;
Constellation: Vela ;

Location: São Paulo _SP, Brasil;
Date: 12 mar 12 – 03/12/12;
Hour: UT 04:31 ( -3 west);
Media: graphite pencil HB, 2B, 4B e 8B; white paper 120g/cm2, inverted color in GIMP.

Type of equipament used: Maksutov 90mm telescope Skywatcher, eyepiece superploss 40mm ( ~31x magnification), EQ1.

High light pollution, seeing 8, transparency 6.
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Guilherme de Andrade

Funny Cluster

NGC 884 and NGC 869 (Chichoty)
NGC 884 and NGC 869 (Chichoty)

It has many names “hi X Persei” , “double cluster” , NGC 884 and NGC 869, Caldwell 14 ..
In Poland we used to give a lot of funny names of astronomical objects 🙂
The Polish, word “chichoty” (in translation: “giggles”) is phonetically similar to the name (“chi ha”)

I think everyone knows it. Sometimes inexperienced obserers at the sky-party ask me what’s the white cloud in the north?. When I say “giggles” people always begin to laugh 🙂

This name usually evokes positive emotions, and sometimes “real giggling” especially in children! 🙂

NGC 884 and NGC 869,…. they are really beautiful to observe with the naked eye. Captivate to observe in the binoculars. Bat It shows the true incredible face in large aperture of telescope, under the dark sky. Beautiful, classic, clusters. I love especially the left (below), NGC 869 (in the image of Newton).
What can I say – it is a wonderful !!!

Sketch is actually a compilation of 30 minutes of staring into the clusters.

Yours Robert

Sketch details:
Object Name: double cluster (Funny Cluster 🙂 )
Object Type: Open cluster
Location: Poland, Oborniki
Date: 6-11-2012
Equipment: Newtonian telescope 409/1800 (Capella 41), 40 and 22 mm eyepieces
Object: – Artist: Robert Twarogal (Ignisdei)

Arzachel crater

Arzachel crater
Arzachel crater

Title: Arzachel crater
My name: Silvia Fabi
Object name: Arzachel crater
Object type: crater
Location: Ferrara
Date: 18/02/2013
Media: 6B and 2B pencil
Seeing: I/II (Antoniadi scale)
Description: this crater is deep 3,6 Km and it has a diameter of 96 Km. It is near the craters Alphonsus and Ptolemaeus and is one of the most important crater of the moon.

Venus on a Cold Winter Night

Venus - January 27, 2012
Venus – January 27, 2012

Object Name: Venus
Object Type: Planet
Telescope: Synta SW 8″ + GSO #15A Filter
Location: Płaza, Poland
Date: 27.01.2012
Media: graphite pencil, white paper, photoshop cs2, inverted

Hello everyone. This is my newest sketch of one of our Solar System planets. I mean Venus as you can see on the picture. This is very bright and beautiful object on the night sky, but it is also quite hard to observing. Apart from this, sometimes we can see a clouds on Venus. When I was sketching it, I saw something a little bit darker than the rest of the planet and I think that it could be that clouds.
What about sky conditions? I can evaluate the seeing at 7/10, the visibility was very good, but the temperature was very low, about -20 Celsius degrees. But there is something amazing when you are sitting next to the telescope, looking at objects that are very far away when your fingers seems to be already frozen 😀

M42 Trapezium

M42 Trapezium
M42 Trapezium

Object Name: M42- Trapezium
Object Type: Nebula
Constellation: Orion
Location: Fredericksburg, Texas
Date: 02/07/13
Time: 21:20 CST
Conditions: Clear; Breezy
Seeing: 3/5; Transparency: 4/5
Equipment: 280mm SCT, 12.5mm EP
Power: 224x
FOV: 12′
Medium: Graphite pencil and Blending Stump on white paper. Photographed and color inverted.

I know this is a popular object. It’s beautiful in just about any telescope even from a light polluted area. But from a dark sky site (near 7 mag) like the one I was at it is unbelievable. So rich in nebulosity my sketch barely does it justice. At about 1400 light years and a diameter of some 24 light years this stellar nursery is fascinating! I have read that, besides being one of the closest star forming regions, the brightest stars and the youngest ones may be only 100,000 years old. I never tire of observing the Great Nebula!!!!

John E.