M 20 – Trifidnebula with 16 ”
The Object: Galctic nebula (Sagitaurus)
Where: Kreuzleshöhe/Allgäu in Germany; 1100m
When: 19.5.2012
Technique: graphite pencil /white paper
SQM 21,30 without Lens ; GG 6m3; Bortle 3
v =105 -136x with UHC Filter
greetings from Germany
Hajü
object Name – Great Nebula in Orion
object Type – Great Nebula in Orion m42 sketch
Location – Gosong-ri Yangdong-myeon Yangpyeong-gun Gyeonggi-do S.KOREA
Media – pencil, charcoal , white paper(Invert)
XQ 10′ Dob / Explore 14mm 100′
A bitterly cold night that saw the mercury drop to the lowest level I have ever known or recorded -16?C. I wanted to get an early observation in before Moon rise; my primary objective was to add another Hickson group to my list. This I did successfully with very appropriately HCG 28, I say appropriate as this was the 28th that I have observed and sketched. Located in Eridanus there are 4 faint members in the group although my sketch actually includes a 5th galaxy which isn’t a member and is depicted as a faint star. All members have PGC listing the faintest & smallest (d) member is Mag 18, so serious stuff! The commanding member is a nice edge on PGC 15136 running N-S, see my sketch here
Quite how I came to observe the next object I’m not quite sure? I may have noticed it close by on my planetarium software, not that it matters, it was an interesting and valuable observation. Again in Eridanus, NGC 1535 is a lovely planetary nebula, named ‘Cleopatra’s eye’ by Greg Crinklaw aka ‘The Skyhound’ a name that appears to have stuck and grown in popularity. I had observed this planetary back in 2010 with the old 350mm F5 and older first generation Watec camera, but this was my first visit with the 505mm mirror. It did show an improvement, despite the lower focal length employed on this occasion, I used a barlow lens previously to increase image scale and try and pull out more detail, I had failed to resolve a faint star on the very northern edge of the nebula, the central star was easy and steady as were internal annular ring structures rather like those in the ‘Eskimo’ nebula.
Here is my old sketch with the 350mm and here is the latest with the 505mm. At the time of writing I have asked Sue French if she would be so kind as to help assist me on finding the outer stars mag.
Happy days, Dale
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M42 & M43
Emission Nebula in Orion
Maui, Hawaii elevation 4000 ft
27mm Panoptic, 56x
12/29/11 9:20pm
Graphite pencil and white paper, inverted using PhotoScape
I have observed this amazing region many times & each time try to tease out a little more information. On my last observation I could see folds like a curtain in a portion of the nebula, delicate but detailed.
Aloha!
Thia Krach
Hi,
In attachment you can find sketch of emission nebulous complex known as Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49)
Short description:
Object Name: Caldwell 49 – Rosette Nebula
Object Type: emission 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” + Lumicon UHC + Orion Q70 26mm
Seeing: 3/5 (average)
Transparency: 4/5 (weak)
Outside temperature -21*C !!!
NELM: 5,8 mag
Another sketch made in extreme temperature (-21*C) 🙂
This time object which you can find on many photos but which is not so popular in visual observations – Rosette Nebula in Monoceros.
It is quite easy to observe with some UHC filter (Lumicon, Ultrablock) and wide-field eyepiece (1,3* FOV is necessary) even in 6” telescope.
In 10” or larger mirror you can try to find some faint nebulosity regions with some dust pillars and lighter gas areas (but really good transparency is necessary).
Clear Sky
Łukasz
Messier 8, Lagunennebel
from 19.04.2012
with Graphite-Pencil on white Paper
Sketch-Time at Telescope and at home: 4,5h
Lg from Germany from Hajü Merk
www.astromerk.de
Hi all!
That was the longest observation, in my life. I drew the Orion nebula for several days (total length of over 5 hours).
2012-03-18 Day 1. – the brightest stars are sketched (50 minutes)
2012-03-19 Day 2. – The faint stars drew a picture (up to magnitude 13) (90 minutes)
2012-03-20 Day 3. – I drew in high mist details dark and clear sky. (90 minutes)
2012-03-21 Day 4. – worked in the drawing (approximately 120 minutes)
Location: Nagyvarsány/Hungary
Observer: Viktor Cseh
Telescope: 140/880 Newtonian telescope, 35X, 88X, 176X
More drawings: viktorcsehdraws.blogspot.com
Clear Skies! 🙂
Viktor
In a cold night last December I decided to spend some time observing NGC 7662, the Blue Snowball nebula in Andromeda, and the observation resulted in this sketch. At low powers it looks like a fuzzy star that shows a remarkable bluish color, which is probably the most evident color I’ve seen in a deep sky object. At high powers that color is lost, but the nebula starts to show a low contrast annular structure: it appeared to me as a slightly oval, thick ring with a small, not very dark central zone. The whole nebula had a “mottled” appearance, but no additional detail was visible.
Sketch: 2HB graphite pencil on white paper, scanned and processed with Photoshop CS3
Object Name: NGC 7662, the Blue Snowball
Object Type: Planetary nebula
Location: Asturias, Spain
Date: December 26th, 2011
Instrument: 120mm f/8.3 refractor + Planetary 9mm + barlow 2x (222x)
NELM: around 5.3, moderate light pollution
Clear skies!
Diego González
– M20 – The Trifid Nebula (NGC 6514)
– Emission/Reflection Nebula
– Apparent Magnitude: 6.3
– Itajobi, Brazil
– July 27th, 2011
– 01h00 (U.T.)
– 2B 0.5mm graphite pencil on white paper
– 180mm dobsonian reflecting telescope
– 20mm Super Plossl eyepiece
– Magnification: 54 x
– Seeing: Antoniadi 1 (fine)
– NELM: 5.5
As I’ve already said, July 2011 was a productive month for me. I could observe and sketch many objects as I had never done before. Conditions were exceptional: no clouds, fair wind and pleasant temperature. That night I pointed my telescope to many objects. One of them was M20. Close to the Zenith, it was clearly seen. The dark paths in the Nebula were confusing, though. Only with averted vision I was able to notice the feature thoroughly, so it was a tough job to put it down on the paper. That was my best observation of The Trifid Nebula, I hope you like it.
Clear sky to everyone
Rodrigo Pasiani Costa
Dear ASOD folks,
Here’s a nice sketch I managed to do roughly a month ago.
Objects: IC 434, Barnard 33, NGC 2023, NGC 2024
Object type: various kinds of nebulae (dark, reflection & emission)
Location: Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain
Date: 12.3.2012
Media: graphite pencil on white paper, inverted on a computer
This sketch was done under the nice La Palman NELM 7.0 sky using a Tokina 300mm f/2.8 photographic lens. With a eyepiece adapter this lens makes a nice roughly 10cm rich field telescope. I decided to take a glimpse at the Alnitak region in Orion to see if there was any chance to see IC 434. Using a H-beta filter indeed revealed the nebula, which complemented nicely the brighter NGC nebulae in the same field.
More careful observation revealed something unexpected to me. There was a round notch in the relatively sharp east edge of the IC 434 precisely at the location of the Horsehead nebula. Cross checking this feature with friends confirmed it to be real. Being able to see the Horsehead nebula with only a 10cm telescope was really stunning. After all, I had grown up always hearing that seeing it requires at least a medium large telescope. This was truly a lesson that aperture isn’t the last word when observing deep sky.
The sketch is a combination of two simultaneous views of the same field. IC 434 and Barnard 33 were drawn with a H-beta filter whereas NGC 2023 and 2024 were drawn unfiltered.
Best regards,
Jyri Lehtinen
