Category: Star Clusters

Spiral Cluster

Hi,

This is a sketch I made two years ago from my home.

Object name: M34 – Spiral Cluster

Object type: Open Cluster

Constellation: Perseo

Location: San Fernando de Henares, near Madrid (Spain)

Equipment: Refractor Vixen 102M at 50x magnification

Technique: digital sketch directly draw in Photoshop CS3.

The sketch is what i saw throw the telescope, colors and humidity > included.

Hope you like it.

Thanks,

Carlos Tapia

http://web.mac.com/carlosz22

Nebula and Open Cluster in the Unicorn

Object Name: NGC 2264
Type: Nebula and Open Cluster
Constellation: Monoceros.
Observing Location: Bonilla. Cuenca. SPAIN.
Date: February 5, 2011
Material used: graphite pencil on white paper. Sketch processed with Photoshop.
Telescope: Celestron S/C 8″ Mount Cgt5
Eyepiece: 13 mm Hyperion (155X).
MALE: 5,7 Temp.: 1ºC

More information about the sketch and NGC 2264 in:
http://astrodibujo.blogspot.com/

Fog in the Dog

Short description:

Object Name M41 in Canis Major
Object Type Open Cluster
Location Budy Dłutowskie – small village in central Poland
Date 07.02.2011
Media graphite pencil, white paper, color invert
Telescope ATM ATROBINO (two Newtonians 165/650) + two TV Plossl 20mm eyepieces
Seeing 5/5
Transparency 4/5
NELM 6 mag

M41 – in my observing site this object is very low over the south horizon. However I’ve had really good night and I have made sketch of this object.
Major stars was clearly visible. Other fainter stars was visible like small fog in cluster background.

Clear sky
Łukasz

The Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud
Dorado/Mensa
01/02/11
Ilford NSW Australia
Televue 76mm Apo refractor
Field: 317′
Magnification: 31x
Sky quality meter reading: 21:77

Black Canford paper
White pen
White pencil
Paint brush
White pastel chalk
White pastel pencil

If there is ever an excuse to expound the virtues of a fine quality rich field refractor, then a wide field panorama of the LMC would have to be it.
I have had a number of people just “blown away” by the experience of virtually capturing the entire vista of this magnificent dwarf galaxy in the one field that
I decided whenever the time was right, I will have to attempt a sketch.

The 31mm Nagler I used for this effort was almost as big as the telescope, but the view it gives is a truly noble experience.

At the top of the sketch and very conspicuous is the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070).
The rest of the field is strewn with a plethora open clusters and nebulosity to numerous to mention here.

The sketch took quite some time to complete and was very tedious.
However it can never replace the actual visual splendor of this object.

The Large Magellanic Cloud was first mentioned in literature as far back as 964AD.
Amerigo Vespucci recorded observations of it in 1503-04.

Ferdinand Magellan during his voyage in 1519 noted it, and it now bears his name.

The LMC was home to supernova 1987A, the only naked eye supernova visible for over 400 years.

Scott Mellish

Gleaming of the Charioteer

Hello.This is a very nice open cluster from the Auriga,
and of course from me. I hope, you’ll like it.
Object Name (M36)
Object Type (Open Cluster)
Location (Érd, Hungary)
Date (2011/01/24)
Media (graphite pencil, white paper)
Telescope (5cm(2″) refractor)
Weather (clear, cold(~-5C°), windy)
Bence Bécsy