Category: planetary

The Exclamation Mark Nebula!

NGC 6309, "The Box Nebula" and per Stephen J. O'Meara in his book "The secret Deep": The Exclamation Mark.
NGC 6309, “The Box Nebula” and per Stephen J. O’Meara in his book “The secret Deep”: The Exclamation Mark.

NGC6309 – Exclamation Mark Nebula

Object Type: Planetary Nebula

Location: Tarragona – Spain

NGC6309 is one of the two planetary nebula with the nickname “The Box”, (the other is NGC6445 in Sagittarius), but after my experience with it, I prefer name NGC6309 like Stephen J. O’Meara in his book “The secret Deep”: The Exclamation Mark.

For more details of my observation you can visit my blog:

http://laorilladelcosmos.blogspot.com.es/2014/08/ngc6309-nebulosa-planetaria-en-ophiuchus.html

Date and Time: 2014-07-26, 21h 14m UT

Telescope: SC Celestron 9.25″ (235mm)

Eyepiece: 10mm (235x)

White paper, HB2 graphite pencil, and scanned and inverted with Photoshop

Seeing: 3/5 (5 the best)

Transparency: Clear. Some wind. Rural Skies.

Location Constellation: Ophiuchus

Position: R.A. 17h 14m

Dec. -12° 54′

Thank you and best regards.

Jupiter’s Ghost

NGC 3242, "Jupiter's Ghost" - Planetary nebula
NGC 3242, “Jupiter’s Ghost” – Planetary nebula
NGC 3242, "Jupiter's Ghost" - Planetary nebula (positive)
NGC 3242, “Jupiter’s Ghost” – Planetary nebula (positive)

NGC 3242 “Jupiters Ghost” Hydra
Instrument: 16″
360-522x; No Filter
Place: Kreuzleshöhe 1100m,Germany
Time: 14.4.2013
fst: 6m3; SQM 21,49

Link to the Obersation:
http://www.astromerk.de/logbuch/2013/172-14-4-2013.html

Lg Hajü Merk
www.astromerk.de

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/

The Challenge of Finding the Owl’s Eyes

Messier 97 - The Owl Nebula, a planetary nebula
Messier 97 – The Owl Nebula, a planetary nebula

The observing of the owl’s eye is very difficult for me.

I just have a glimsed by sketch…

Object Name : M97 (Owl Nebula)
Object Type : Planetary Nebula
Location : S. Korea
Date : Mar. 30, 2013
Equipment : Discovery 15″ Dob
Media : Black paper, Jelly pen, Pastel pencil

Messier 76

Messier 76, a Planetary Nebula in Perseus
Messier 76, a Planetary Nebula in Perseus

Hey ASOD!

This time I send the planetary nebula M. 76.
I could not see outer structures, only the wellknown inner globes.
This is a fine but fainter copy of the more famous M. 27 (Manual)!
I used pencil on white paper and inverted. Info on my sketch.
Loc.: Trondheim, Norway.

Best wishes and clear sky!!

Per-Jonny Bremseth.

The Dumbbell Nebula

Messier 27, The Dumbbell Nebula
Messier 27, The Dumbbell Nebula

Hello ASOD! I sketched this planetary nebula (also known as M27) on 11 August 2013 with my dobsonian telescope. I used also as eyepiece WA 12mm that gave me a magnification of 104x. It’ s a very big nebula; thanks to my UHC filter, I was able to observe its structure: fantastic!

Object name: M27- Dumbbell Nebula
Object type: Planetary Nebula
Location: Copertino (LE), ITALY
Date: 11-08-2013
Media: Pencil on White paper; inverted with software

An urban Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242)

The Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242) Planetary Nebula
The Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242) Planetary Nebula

•Object Name: Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242).
•Object Type: Planetary Nebula.

•Location: San Miguel, Buenos Aires Argentina.

•Conditions: NELM 4.5. Good transparency, bad seeing.

•Date: 23/03/2014 11:00pm.

•Media: HB, 2B, blend stump and PS for color. Averted vision.

•Telescope: Meade LB 12″ on equatorial tracking platform.
•Eyepiece: SW TMB II 6mm and sometimes TV UHC filter.

Hi ASOD! This time I bring you all the Ghost of Jupiter from my backyard. It was a good night except for the poor seeing conditions. Some of the stars are down to mag 13-14 and the nebula, with averted vision, was excellent showing internal details at x254. Days later, at a star party, I could appreciate the full glory of nebula, the central star was like a pin and incredible details were easily seen at x254-x400 (no sketch, sorry!). Hope you like it!

Best regards, Leo.