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Dancing in the Virgo Supercluster

NGC 5566/5569/5560
Galaxies
Virgo
14/05/10
Ilford NSW Australia
56cm f5.0 dobsonian telescope
Field: 17′
Magnification: 354x
Sky quality meter reading: 21:38

Black Canford paper
White pen
White pencil
White pastel chalk
Fine tip paint brush

From the Realm Of The Nebulae comes this interesting trio of relatively bright galaxies.

From the top of the sketch we have NGC 5569 followed by NGC 5566 (Arp 286) and at the bottom is
NGC 5560.

Deep images show that these galaxies are interacting, with the dominant member being NGC 5566.

One of the best images of this little combination featured on APOD recently http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100813.html
and shows them in all their glory.

Though I would have to say that sketching materials are a lot less expensive than fitting oneself of with CCD gear.

Scott Mellish

Deep Inside the Whale

NGC 839/838/835/833
Hickson 16
Cetus
09/08/10
Ilford NSW Australia
56cm f5 Dobsonian telescope
Field: 15′
Magnification: 314x
Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:57

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

This lovely little chain of four galaxies was easily visible in the 56cm dob.
Though small all of them were fairly bright at around mag 12.5.

Quite a number of the Hickson galaxy groups are faint and challenging objects.
This group however was a pleasant surprise.

Scott Mellish

Hickson 10

Dzień Dobry 🙂

Sketch information:

Obiect name: Hickson 10
-NGC 536 (12,4 M – 3,0×1,1 size)
-NGC 529 (12,1M – 2,4×2,1 size)
-NGC 531 (13,8M – 1,9×0,5 size)

Scope: Sky-Watcher 254/1200

Eyepieces: LVW 8 (150x)

Place: Poland, Zielona Góra (A few kilometers from city)

Seeing: Very Good. 5/5

Date: 24/25.08.2009r

Technique:Pencil,graphics GIMP2

Amateur astronomer: Przemysław Horoszkiewicz (Poland)

So Many Bright Galaxies in One Field

NGC 4268/4272/4277/4281/4270/IC 3153
Galaxies
Ilford NSW Australia
14/05/10
56cm f5 Dobsonian telescope
Field: 17′
Magnification: 354x
Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:43

Black Canford paper
White pen
White pencil
Soft white pastel chalk
White oil pen
Blending stump
Fine tip paint brush for smoothness

Whenever Virgo is well placed in the southern sky I always try and tick
a few more objects off my observing list.

I noticed an interesting group of galaxies as I was checking my charts,
and I marked them down for observation.
I was most impressed when I finally managed to get them in the eyepiece
of the 56cm dob.

It is quite a rare treat to have so many bright galaxies gathered
together in the one field.

I have included a duplicate reference sketch with details.
Hopefully I have got all the designations correct.

Scott Mellish

Markarian’s Chain

Markarian’s Chain
Sketch and Details by Michael Geldorp

Object Type: Cluster of galaxies
Instrument: 8″ Dobsonian at 49X
Date May 10, 2001

This sketch of the chain of galaxies that runs from M87 to M84 was made with an 8″ Dobsonian at 49X and shows M84, M86, M87, NGC 4435 and NGC 4438 while at higher magnifications NGC 4387 and NGC 4388 were also seen near M84. This is a wonderful area of the sky with medium sized telescopes.

The sketch was made with pencil on white printer paper. It was then scanned into the computer and inverted to give the realistic white-on-black look.

for more information and other sketches please visit http://mordorp.zymichost.com/Astrohomepage/htmlfiles/index2.html

Michael Geldorp

Markarian’s Chain

Markarian’s Chain
Sketch and Details by Paul Caucal
Move cursor over image to view labels • Click to view full sketch sheet

Hello!

First, I’m a French man so sorry for my bad english! This sketch was drawn with a refractor telescope 3.2″ APO (80mm) with a 25mm eyepiece (24x,) on azimuthal mount in Italia during my holiday. About the seeing and the transparency, I noted a seeing of 3/5, a transparency of 2/5 and a light pollution of 2/5. Thus, the sky was very good because I was in the campaign. The sketch lasted three hours and forty five minutes, from 21h45UT till 1h30UT. In the eyepiece, there were ten galaxies which three very bright as M84, M86 and M87! Attached, two versions of the same sketch, one right and one annotated with the name of galaxies.

Other information

Object Name Markarian’s Chain (M84, M86, NGC4388, M87, NGC4438, NGC4435, NGC4473, NGC4477, NGC4459, NGC 4461).
Object Type Galaxy Cluster Virgo
Location Figline Val D’Arno, Toscana, Italia
Date 08-09/04/2010 (April 08-09 2010)
Media Drawing on black paper with white pencils

Best regards,
Paul Caucal
Web site: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/univers-iles

Leo Triplet

Leo Triplet – Messier 65. 66, NGC 3628
Sketch and Details by Mark Radice

Please find a sketch of the Leo Triplet (M65, M66 and NGC3628) attached for your consideration. It was made at my dark sky site in southern England through a recently completed homemade 8.”5 Newtonian. It was a pleasure to find the third galaxy, NGC 3628, readily visible when compared to the view through my 4″ refractor. When you consider the volume of stars in each galaxy, it is wonderful to be looking at three galaxies in the same field of view. The sketch was made using HB & 2H pencils and blending stump on to white paper and then recreated in Adobe photoshop.

Regards,

Mark

The Deer Lick Group

The Deer Lick Group
Sketch and Details by Miłosz Guzowski

Hi,
today I want to present my sketch of Deer Lick – galaxy grup from Pegasus.
Object name: NGC 7331 (Deer Lick group)
Object type: Galaxy cluster
Location: Białuty (Poland)
Date: 18/19.08.2009
Scope: 10″ newtonian + ploosl 10mm (mag. 120x)

Medium : Graphite/blending stump on white paper + GIMP processing

AGCS 1014 Galaxy Cluster

AGCS 1014
Sketch and Details by Scott Mellish

AGCS 1014
Galaxy cluster
Octans
13/12/09
Ilford NSW Australia
56cm f5.0 Dobsonian telescope
Field: 15′
Magnification: 314x
Sky Quality Meter reading 21:72

White pen
White oil pencil
Soft white pencil

The far southern circumpolar constellation of Octans is not often considered rich in deep sky objects, at least not bright and pretty ones.

For the more adventurous observer there is a wealth of faint and fascinating galaxies scattered throughout the area to keep one engrossed for hours.

One such object is the remote Abell galaxy cluster AGCS 1014.
R.A: 22 23 47.9 DEC: -80 11 52.
This object is the most interesting of several extremely faint galaxy clusters that inhabit the region, and certainly the brightest one that is nearest the south celestial pole.

What is most rewarding with such little known objects is the fact that the observer may very well be one of only a handful of people on the planet to have seen it in a telescope.

Scott Mellish.

Cities of the Stellar Vorteses

M31, M32, M110 The Great Andromeda Galaxy and satellite galaxies
Sketch and Details by Milosz Guzowski

Hi,

Today I want to present my late-summer sketch of M31, M32 and M 110

Object Name: M31, M32, M110

Object Type: Galaxies

Location: Białuty (Poland)

Date: 23/24.08.2009

Scope: 10″ newtonian + ploosl 30mm (mag. 40x)

Medium : Graphite/blending stump on white paper + GIMP processing