Located in a poor stellar field, I could see NGC7027 at 235x little, homogeneous bright and with an elongated shape, almost as a rectangle. But I could not perceive any halo around the bright planetary core. With the OIII filter I could see the nebula with more contrast, but no details.
With 313x, better adapted to the dark and using averted vision, I saw with satisfaction an evanescence halo around the core, which seems to split in half, like an ?8?.
Easy planetary to detect, but difficult to see details on it.
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Object Name: Messier 8, Lagoon Nebula
Object Type: Emission nebula
Location: Wilp, The Netherlands
Date: July 21, 2012
Media: Black pen and graphite pencil on white paper
After literally weeks of rainfall and clouds, last night the sky finally cleared. I took my little 80mm f/6,25 refractor out to a fairly dark site to observe some low Milky Way objects. In the Netherlands Messier 8 rises only 14 degrees above the southern horizon, but because of the very transparant sky much more detail than I expected was visible. Using an Orion Ultrablock filter the dark lane was pretty prominent, and the bright patch on the western side of the nebula appeared to glow. It was a wonderful sight at 38x (13mm Vixen LVW), even at its low altitude.
The sketch was made with a black pen (for the stars) and a 2H graphite pencil (for the nebulosity) on a piece of white paper. Inverted and orientation-flip using Photoshop.
Object Name: NGC6826, the Blinking Planetary
Object Type: Planetary Nebula
Location: Terneuzen, the Netherlands
Date: 21-06-2012Media: Photoshop, using several layers to make it smooth
NELM: 5.8
Seeing: average 6-7/10
This sketch was made using a 8 inch newtonian telescope on an HEQ-5 Pro from Skywatcher. The magnification I did used was around 400 times.
The central star was seen with ease and the ‘blinking’, where this planetary is known of, wasn’t seen with the magnification I used for the sketch. After several minutes of waiting for moments of good seeing, I noticed something strange. Something I haven’t seen in other sketches with the same aperture. It was a central bar, running from one end of the oval planetary to the other. Really nice to see a surprise like this.
After checking the internet, I’ve found some sketches and observations of some brighter parts of this planetary. At both end of the over planetary, there are some spots which are called FLIERS. Together with the brighter central spot and some ‘average’ seeing, it would probably merged together and be the reason for seeing a ‘bar’ instead of three brighter spots.
The observation has been made through a 20” dobson Obsession, at Tivoli lodge, Kalahari desert, altitude 1535m, Namibia, on june 2012.
Eyepieces used are Ethos 21mm and 13mm without filters; target was at 45° height.
Drawing made entirely with Paintshop pro, based upon a sketch at the eyepiece.
More details at www.deepsky-drawings.cm
Omega Nebula (M17, NGC6618)
Emission Nebula
Apparent Magnitude: 6
Itajobi, SP, Brazil
July 8th, 2011
04h00 (U.T.)
2B 0.5mm graphite pencil on white paper
180mm dobsonian reflecting telescope
15mm Super Plossl eyepiece
Magnification: 72 x
Seeing: Antoniadi 2 (good, 2/5)
NELM: 5.5
That cold night, a fair wind blew intermittently since early. I just pointed my 7.1″ mirror to a dark and cloudless sky, expecting to see many details in some objects. One of them was the beautiful, maybe I should say stunning, Omega Nebula. The seeing was good enough, although not perfect, to allow me to examine each detail my telescope could capture. I was able to see something close to what I proudly share with you, artists, in this sketch, plus some other stars that have been omitted. My lack of ability maybe has limited the magnificence of the view, but I hope you enjoy it the way I did. It was a great night, of a great month of observations.
Dark skies to everyone.
(Original text is in Spanish. English translation is at the bottom of the post.)
Nombre de objeto NGC 6960 y 6962
Tipo de objeto Nebulosas
Lugar Observatorio Astronomico ORION-San Agustin del Pozo- Zamora- España
Fecha 14 / 07/ 2012
Medios de Comunicación Lapiz de dibujo negro mas lapices de colores sobre una impresa del guide 9.0, Escaneado y invertidos los colores.
Los velos del cisne será una de las nebulosas mas bonitas del cielo vista con telescopios de buena abertura y con buenos cielos y usando algunos filtros como el UHC y el OIII. Estas nebulosas se observan mejor cuando están lo mas alto posible en el cielo y desde cielos contra mas negros mejor. NGC 6960 y 6992 son las partes más brillantes de la Nebulosa del Velo. Estas dos nebulosas fueron creados por una supernova hace unos 30.000 años, y tenemos la suerte de vivir en esta época qué aun es visible. 6960 pasa por detrás de 52 Cygni, una estrella a simple vista del ala oeste del Cisne. En esta sección se puede ver dividirse en las ramas bifurcadas. 6992 se encuentra a unos 2 grados de 52 Cygni y es algo más brillante que el 6960.
En mi 12″con un 20mm y un filtro OIII, el velo es increíble. 6992 tiene bucles y remolinos de nubosidad que dan un efecto tridimensional. Hay otras partes en la Nebulosa del Velo, la mayoría de ellos entre el dos secciones principales.
La mejor visión de ellos se consigue con oculares de gran campo y poco aumento y con un filtro OIII mejor que con UHC.
Los dibujos que vos presento se realizaron en una hora de observación con lápiz de dibujo sobre una carta del GUIDE 9.0
El dibujo de color se realizo después sobre el dibujo en blanco y negro y luego se invirtieron los colores. Después de realizar un dibujo de estos a una nebulosa la estampa de esta nebulosa se quedara para siempre en nuestra memoria.
Estas nebulosas se pueden ver desde cielos muy buenos casi con cualquier instrumento, pues yo he conseguido verla hasta con un simple TL de 60mm de abertura. El verano es la mejor época para ver este espectáculo.
Saludos;
Joaquin Tapioles
The Veil Nebula - NGC 6960/6962 - Color Version
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English Translation via Google:
Name of object NGC 6960 and 6962
Object Type Nebulae
Location Astronomical Observatory ORION-San Agustin del Pozo-Zamora, Spain
Date 14/07/2012
Media Pencil drawing more black colored pencils on a printed guide 9.0, Scanning and inverted colors.
The veils of the swan is one of the most beautiful of the sky nebulas seen with good telescopes and good heavens opening and using some filters like UHC and OIII. These nebulae are seen best when they are as high as possible in heaven and from heaven against blacks but better. NGC 6960 and 6992 are the brightest parts of the Veil Nebula. These two nebulae were created by a supernova about 30,000 years ago, and we are lucky to live in this age which is still visible. 6960 passes behind 52 Cygni, a star with the naked eye of the west wing of the Swan. In this section you can see divided into forked branches. 6992 is about 2 degrees of 52 Cygni and is somewhat brighter than the 6960.
In my 12 “with a 20mm filter and OIII, the veil is incredible. 6992 has loops and swirls of clouds that give a three dimensional effect. There are other parts in the Veil Nebula, most of them between two main sections.
The best vision eye is accomplished with them high and low magnification field and with a filter OIII better than with UHC. The drawings that you presented were performed in a time of observation with pencil drawing on a letter of GUIDE 9.0 The colored drawing was held after the drawing in black and white and then inverted the colors. After making a drawing of these to the image of this nebula nebula will remain forever in our memory. These nebulae are visible from heaven very good with almost any instrument, for I have managed to see even a single aperture 60 mm TL. Summer is the best time to see this show.
Object name: Orion Nebula Region
Object Type: Emission Nebulae
Location: Home Driveway
Date(s): 10/8/11 (for left field), 11/23/11 (for right field)
Media: Graphite pencils (varying hardness), black gel pen, blending stumps
Additional Information:
I used my 10″ Orion Intelliscope for these depictions, which were both sketches that were originally done separately, but then later combined into one stitched field.The seeing conditions for both depictions were extremely good, as well as transparency. In the future I may also add additional fields to further-expand the view and area. The nebulae also appeared to have a bluish-greenish tint, which was added in post-processing of the scanned image. The most exciting aspect of these observations were probably the fact that I was peering right into a stellar nursery, a place that stars are beginning their lives. I kept thinking to myself, “if only I had a larger telescope…”
Location: Nagyvarsány/Hungary
Observer: Viktor Cseh
Date: 2012-06-17
Telescope: 140/880 Newtonian reflector + 10mm ocular
Coordinates of the NGC6520: 18h03m -27°51′
This is my favourite open cluster! Small but bright, and very unique. The dark nebula can be seen very definitely, triangular, and there is a small tongue. The lights of Milky Way in the background.
Object Name: NGC 2261(Hubble’s Variable Nebula)
Object Type: reflection nebula
Location: Oderne – small village in southern Poland (picture made during Winter StarParty in Oderne 2012)
Date: 27.01.2012
Media: graphite pencil, white paper, color invert
Telescope: GSO 10” + Meade 5000UWA 8,8mm
Seeing: 3/5 (average)
Transparency: 4/5 (weak)
Outside temperature: -21*C !!!
NELM: 5,8 mag
This sketch is one of two which I made in most difficult weather conditions. The outside temperature was around -21*C so sketching was very difficult 🙂
On the picture one of my favourite objects – Hubble’s Varaible Nebule which looks like flaming star (around R Mon star).
In telescope larger than 10” you can see small traingle shape mist with some faint structure inside.
