Object Name: C96
Object Type Open Cluster
Location Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: 07/11/2013
Media: 2H and 2B pencil. GIMP2 edition.
Intrumental: Binocular Braun 12×50
[Editor’s note: Apologies to all, I mistakenly expanded C96 to say Collinder 96 when first posting. I have now corrected it to be Caldwell 96. J. Perez]
Object Name: NGC 1023 Group
Object Cluster galaxies between Andromedae, Triangulum and Perseus
Location: Bonilla (Cuenca) – Spain. November 2. 2013 – Male 6.0
Media:
– Sketches made torchon with black and white pencil on paper and processed with GIMP.
– New 10” – 80x
Group NGC 1023 is a galaxy cluster late-type ( spiral and irregular ) that are around 10Mpac .
Just below the Milky Way and in one area, we x 10 º 10 º , which occupies part of the constellation Perseus , Andromeda and the Triangle found this cluster of galaxies .
Full members of the cluster :
– NGC 925 ( UGC dominates a subgroup with UGC 1865 and 1924)
– NGC 1023 ( is the principal of the whole cluster and leads another subgroup with NGC 891, NGC 949, NGC 1003, NGC 1058, UGC 2014 , UGC 2034 and UGC 2259 )
– NGC 746 and IC 239.
The amateur who has a tube 8” or 10” and a sky at least one stellar magnitude of 6, can see how little its four brightest members : NGC 1023, NGC 891, NGC 925 and NGC 1058.
Contemplation while these four galaxies of the same cluster and a similar distance , allow us to easily appreciate the different morphological characteristics and the actual importance of the size and mass of each .
Greetings to all visitors of this page.
Pedro Villamiel Gonzalez. Alcorcon, Madrid. November 03.2013
Made this sketch of crater Lambert, Mons La Hire and Dorsum Zirkel and surrounding areas this evening, using my 505mm mirror and Watec video camera on its least sensitive setting. The view on the monitor was delightful and one I shared with optical designer and engineer Mr Es Reid of Cambridge, all very civilized and enjoyable.
The sketch was made on black A5 220gm art paper using Conte hard pastels and acrylic paint for bright highlights and deep shadow.
I hope you like it.
Kind regards, Dale
Do you want to know more about my interest in astronomy? If so take a look at my Website: www.chippingdaleobservatory.com
Keep up to date with observations from Chippingdale Observatory by reading the Blog http://chippingdaleobservatory.com/blog/
Object: Tombaugh 1 = Haffner 1 (open cluster, Canis Maior)
Date: 06. 01. 2014.
UT.: 21h18m-22h22m
Equipment: 305/1525 Dobsonian telescope
Mag.: 218x
FOV: 12’
S = 3 / 10 T = 4 / 5
Observer: János Gábor Kernya
Location: Sükösd, Hungary
Object: Tombaugh 2 = Haffner 2 (open cluster, Canis Maior)
Date: 06. 01. 2014.
UT.: 23h19m-00h03m
Equipment: 305/1525 Dobsonian telescope
Mag.: 218x
FOV: 12’
S = 3 / 10 T = 4 / 5
Observer: János Gábor Kernya
Location: Sükösd, Hungary
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997), one of the greatest astronomer of the 20th century, died 17 years ago. These two drawings were made in honour of his memory.
Best regards,
János
* Object Type: planet
* Location: CASTRES (Tarn – France) 43° 36′ 19″ Nord2° 14′ 27″ Est
* Date: 5th February 2014 4hTU
* Media: pencil HB + 2B, white drawing paper, scanned + rescaled + colorized with PhotoPaint
Orientation: north is up
Conditions: 2°C, no wind. 70% humidity
Equipment:
– Dobson Pearl 203mm
– Eyepiece hypérion 5mm Mag 240X
Hello,
After à rainy and mainly cloudy winter ( just some clear nights with poor seeing …) last sunday before the dawn I get some reasonably average condition to observe Mars and to try my first drawing of the 2014 opposition, inspite the small diamètre (10.9″)
Hope many others will follow Emoji and perhaps if best condition occurs with my 22″ dobson
Thanks for your interest.
Clear sky
Emmanuel Pélegrin
APAM astro club
SITE WEB http://planetarn.pagesperso-orange.fr/manu/MANU.htm
Astronomie: comptes rendus d’observations
Météo: bulletin non conventionnel à 15 jours
Vidéos de Manu
http://www.youtube.com/user/manutarn
Hey ASOD!
This time I send again a sketch of the unforgetable great comet Hale-Bopp!
The observation was made the time before the fine spiral-bows appeared.
There was a bay of almost dark sky between the two tails.
C/ Hale-Bopp was the finest comet I have seen, and longlasting on the northern sky,
with many fine structures to observe in the inner coma.
I used color-crayons on black paper. Info on my sketch.
Location: Trondheim, Norway.
This year I celebrate 50 years as an amateur-astronomer (65 years old),
and have 330 sketches total!
Thank you for your comments and HAPPY NEW YEAR
from Per-Jonny Bremseth.
Hello here is my submission. This painting started as a sketch. -Greg Wing
Object Name (Rosette Nebula & NGC 2244)
Object Type (Emission Nebula and Open Cluster in the Constellation Monoceros)
Location (Viewed from Landis Arboretum in Esperance, NY. Painting created in my art studio)
Date (January, 2013)
Media (graphite pencil sketch on canvas overlaid with oil paints)
For some time I was only able to observe the beautiful open cluster NGC 2244 which is centrally associated with the Rosette Nebula using my modified 10″ f/4.7 dob. Then using an OIII filter, there it was! This open cluster is so visually stunning that I wanted to preserve its beauty and rather than using a rosey color for painting the nebulosity, I was influenced by the so-called “Hubble Palette”. I try to accurately position the main stars.
My Astro Paintings convey my memory transformed, a mood, an experience that can be seen and renewed with subsequent viewings. Rather than a representation, the painting is an impressions of what I have seen with my telescope, read about and seen in images made with large telescopes. Painting in my studio after observing an object not only gives me something to do on all those cloudy nights, it helps me understand and experience the object further.
http://astropaintings.weebly.com
Greg Wing
I saw SN2014J in M82 on Korean New Year night.
It is very surprise event to me, since I’ve never seen bright supernova.
Already I saw some supernovas in 2011. (M51, M101, NGC2655)
But that is more dark than this one.
I feel some futility.. because it is too easy to observing 🙂
I drew a sketch with 10″ dob, black paper and white pastel & jelly pen.
And I compared with my previous M82 sketch.
It is so interesting, I want to share everyone!
(original sketch : http://www.nightflight.or.kr/xe/files/attach/images/25489/716/121/453c7cb7b53fccfc7ac22288b35e05ed.jpg)
Hello,
Posidonius is the result of the first 20 minutes of my “moon observing night” at 7th. January 2014. A dense cloud cover moved on after that.
Deep black sky, spring-like temperatures, ordinary air peace and beautiful details on the moon … and then it was over.
Well, the “coarse drawing” was finished yet. Unfortunately I brought the many fine details that were clearly visible, not on paper.
Nevertheless, I am satisfied with the drawing. Hope you like it too.
CS Uwe
Object name: “Posidonius” Crater
Object: Lunar Crater
Location: Germany, near Tauberbischofsheim
Telescope: 115/805 TMB Refractor
Eyepiece: 4mm UWAN Williams
Magnification: 200x
Hi,
Please accept my sketch of Gassendi and Mersenius craters and surrounding region. I created this sketch from my backyard in Green Bay, Wisconsin during a night of rare excellent seeing. Its a very interesting region of the Moon just off the boarder of Mare Humorium. I made the sketch using my 10in Discovery Dobsonian telescope at 170x with a neutral filter. For this sketch I used white paper with 2H, HB and 2B graphite pencils and blending stumps to smooth. I hope you enjoy it.
Object Name – Gassendi and Mersenius craters
Object Type – Lunar Surface
Location – Green Bay, WI
Date – Sep 17th, 2013
Media – graphite pencil, white paper, blending stumps
Equipment – 10” Discovery Dobsonian at 170x. Neutral Filter.
