IC 434, B 33, NGC 2023 and NGC 2024
Sketch and Details by János Gábor Kernya
Object: B 33 + IC 434 + NGC 2023 + NGC 2024 diffuse nebula (Ori)
Date: 2009. 11. 12/13.
UT.: 22h32m – 02h07m
Equipment: 305/1525 Dobsonian reflector
Mag.: 48x
FOV: 52’ + 52’
S = 2-3 / 10
T = 4 / 5
Observer: János Gábor Kernya
Location: Sükösd, Hungary
Sketch of IC 434.: Thousand Oaks H-Beta filter
Sketch of NGC 2024: without filter
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)
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.
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
Messier 57
Sketch and Details by Tomás Ruiz Lara
I’m a lovely fan of the trilogy “The Lord of The Rings”, written by J.R.R. Tolkien. When I’m observing this nebula I always remember Gandalf and his pipe. This is a precious nebula, my favourite planetary nebula, easy to locate, easy to observe and lovely. This Sketch was done with a common pencil and with cotton to sketch the nebula and the stars was created with the program Gimp 2.6.7.
Equipment used, 260 mm newtonian reflector f/6 with a 21 mm eyepiece and a 2x Barlow (Barlow 2x Vixen Deluxe) (149x).
Seeing: 2/5
Phase of the Moon: Crescent but not visible.
Messier 42 and 43
Sketch and Details by Juan Perez (Juanchin)
Object : Nebulae M42 and M43
Date : January 06, 2010
Time : 1230 LST / 0730 UT
Location : El Mirage Arizona USA
Instrument : CPC 1100 / 25mm Plossl / Orion Skyglow filter
Magnitude : M42/ 4 M43/ 9
Weather : In the chilly mid 40’s almost no winds and clear skies !
Sketching this stellar nursery was no easy task ! I salute all you brave people who have done a great job rendering this difficult deep sky object. I for one, almost gave up not knowing where to start. This seagull, dragon, bat, mustache, etc… has so many highlighted features. There is of course the biggest detail when peering through the scope- the Trapezium. I started with this tiny cluster of four prominent stars. As the scope settled from me not touching it, I soon was able to discern the two other less noticeable stars of the six visible. The Trapezium is largely responsible for the illumination of the reflective portion of this nebula so, its no coincidence that the surrounding cloud of dust is also the brightest. There are two curving arms of nebulosity that stretch vaguely to the north and the other to the south. Under these arms and with averted vision, you will notice intricate filaments of dust that disperse into obscurity. Not far from M42 slewing the scope in a northeast direction, a 9th magnitude star is covered or engulfed with a wispy nebulous aura. I believe, I saw some subtle dark lanes on the southern portion of this nebula which had an elongated and attenuated or diffuse tail pointing away from M42. Anyway, I had spent almost 4 hours trying to see with the corners of my eyes and it was time to give it a break. So here is my final sketch for now, maybe sometime later I’ll include one of the Trapezium by itself. Enjoy !!!
Messier 42
Sketch and Details by Robert Gudański
M42
Newton 8″
LVW 13
Lumicon OIII
22.01.2010
Stepnica, Poland
Robert Gudański
Messier 42
Krzysztof Pieszczoch (Astrokrzychu)
Hi,
It is a Christmas M 42 🙂
This sketch shows how M 42 look likes through 2” binocular. When I was sketching this nebula I had low moonlight on the sky, because the Moon was two day past first quarter. From this reason I didn’t caught more details in M 42.
Object name: M 42 (Messier 42)
Object type: Nebula
Location: Łęg Tarnowski , Poland
Date: 26 December 2009 r.
Time: 21:00 UT
Artist: Krzysztof Pieszczoch (Astrokrzychu)
Equipment used: Binocular 16X50 (2″) FOV 4,25 deg.
weather conditions:
– Temperature about 0 Celsius degrees.
Yours sincerely,
Krzysztof Pieszczoch
Messier 42, 43 and NGC 1977
Messier 42 Trapezium
Sketch and Details by Kiminori Ikebe
M42 (NGC 1976) Ori diffuse nebula Difficulty level 1
M43 (NGC 1982) Ori diffuse nebula Difficulty level 2
NGC 1977 Ori diffuse nebula Difficulty level 3
Date of observation: 1995/01/25 22:08
Observing site: Hoshinomura
Transparency/seeing/sky darkness: 2/4/2
Instruments: 30×125 binoculars
Width of field: 1.6‹
This is the brightest and most interesting diffuse nebula among those that are visible from Japan. It shows very complex structures and extremely difficult to draw. North of this nebula a diffuse nebula called NGC 1977 is clearly visible.
NGC 1999: This nebula is relatively bright with complex structures. If this nebula was a separate object, it could attract more attention of observers.
M42: Even at this magnification the four stars of the Trapezium are resolved and a dark band intruding the bright nebulosity from the east is noticeable. There are three stars along this dark band. There is also a dark band south of the Trapezium.
M43: The star at the center stands out and the southeast side of the nebulosity is sharply defined by dark areas.
Messier 42 and 43
Sketch and Details by Łukasz Kryśkiewicz (lukasx)
Hello, I present my sketch of the nebula with the sign directory m42 nebula Oriona.
Synta 10″,SP 25 mm.
Poland, Warszawa.
Date 21.12.2009
Object: Messier 42 – Artist:Łukasz Kryśkiewicz (lukasx)
