Object name: Messier 42, the great nebula of Orion
Type object: Nebula
SW 120ED, diagonal TeleVue, Pentax XL 14mm, Baader UHC-S filter
Observation from polluted suburban skies
Graphite pencil on white paper
Inverted colors with Fitswork
C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy January 26th 2015 20:18 UT at St Cronans National School Bray Co Wicklow
Telescope – 200 mm FL 1,200 mm / 32mm / 37X Alt 63.69 SQM 17.04 M1 4.4 Moon 46% DC 6 Constellation Triangulum
Cillian Murphy St Cronans Stargazers Astronomy Club – Age 12 years Pencil sketch on white paper .
Despite the strong moonlight Cillian was observant and managed to produce a sketch of Comet Lovejoy during our first club meeting of the season. Our observations and Cillian’s drawing were helped greatly as the school secretary kindly turned off the lights in the car park.
Great job Cillian !
Deirdre Kelleghan
Astronomer
Artist
Educator
Website http://deirdrekelleghan.net
Attached is a sketch of a Bolide meteor observed on the evening of 1-16-2015. I was setting up to image Comet Lovejoy in Cumberland, VA when it appeared. It was near full moon brightness and colors were quite vivid to the naked eye! I nicknamed it “All American Meteor” for its colors! I used colored pencils and Photoshop CS2.
I enjoy your site.
Randy Tatum
Henrico, VA USA
Object name: Thebit, Purbach, Regiomontanus and Walter
Type object: lunar crater
Graphite pencil on white paper
Hey!
This sketch show the inner coma seen in 166x magnification!
The false nucleus was diffus and had a flat intensityprofil (not stellar).
An outstream from nucleus to south was observed and a fainter to north.
Two faint streamers was seen to east (tail).
In 10 x 50 binos., I could see a round and diffuse comet with a very faint,
long tail. The dia. of coma was estimated to 18 arcmin.
The coma was grey, D.C. : 4, Mag.: 4.2.
This time the comet was high on the sky, and easy to observe!
Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.
Object: Messier 79 (globular cluster, Lepus)
Date: 14. 01. 2012.
UT.: 19h34m-20h37m
Equipment: 305/1525 Dobsonian telescope
Mag.: 218x
FOV: 12’
S = 4/10 T = 4/5
Observer: János Gábor Kernya
Location: Sükösd, Hungary
Object Name: NGC 2392, The Eskimo Nebula
Object Type: Planetary Nebula
Location: Grandpré, France
Date: November 22, 2014
Media: Digital drawing, using krita (https://krita.org)
More information on
http://deepskywim.blogspot.be/2015/01/drawing-of-eskimo-nebula.html
It was a very humid night. Observation made with my 18” Obsession.
Cheers,
Wim
Venus and Mercury were putting on a great show over several days at my location.
You didn’t need optical aid to enjoy the view of the sky to the southwest. Distant tropospheric clouds are likely responsible for the separate pink/violet pillars clearly visible after sunset for a brief time.
Venus was visible before sunset but Mercury required a darker sky to shine through for naked eye visibility.
Sketching:
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Date and Time: January 6, 2015, 18:15 pm local time
Temperature: 19° C (67° F)
Venus visual magnitude -3.9; distance from Earth 1.6 au
Mercury visual magnitude -0.8; distance from Earth 1.2 au
Assorted color pencils and pastel crayons, blue construction paper cut to size to fit my clipboard,
blending stumps and facial tissue paper for blending, white Pearl eraser.
Frank McCabe
Hello all,
One thing all astronomers chase is ideal atmospheric conditions. An apparently clear night can present poor transparency or poor seeing due to thermal energy high up in the atmosphere. But every now and then, ideal or even very close to ideal conditions do present themselves, and it gives us the finest view of the heavens.
Such conditions presented themselves to me on the night of January 18.
My first view of Thor’s Helmet, NGC 2359, was four years ago during the Ice In Space Astro Camp. My view of it seemed to me to be a fine one. So much so it inspired me to sketch it straight away! Four years later, presented with a night of exceptional transparency, I revisited Thor’s Helmet as it was right on zenith for me.
WOW! What an image! This night Thor’s Helmet had nebulosity extending in four different directions, not just the two from my first view. So much more structure was apparent, and the nebulosity extended so much further, and so many more stars were visible too.
I’ve also included an image of the sketch I did of Thor’s Helmet in 2011 for comparison. It is this way that the full impact of the differences in conditions between the two nights can be appreciated.
I hope you enjoy this sketch.
Alex.
Object: Thor’s Helmet, NGC 2359
Scope: 17.5” push-pull Karee dob
Gear: 30mm 82° Explore Scientific, 91X, OIII filter
Date: 18th January, 2015
Location: Katoomba Airfield, Australia
Media: White soft pastel, charcoal and white ink on A4 size black paper
Duration: approx. 1hr.
Hi, ASOD. My name is Renato Trono Figueras from Lincoln, Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’m 15 years old.
Objet Name: NGC 1976/ Messier 42/ Orion Nebula
Objet type: Diffuse Nebula
Location: A country village called “El Triunfo” (Argentina).
Date: 23/01/2014
Media: Digital Tools (Photoshop)
Seeing: Excellent
Transparence: Excellent
Weather: Clear
Telescope: Newtonian Reflector 4.5″ (114mm/ 900mm)
I hope that you post my skecth. Thanks you very much!
Sorry if my english is not good
Regards and Good Luck!!
