Category: open clusters

IC 4756

IC 4756 Open Cluster
IC 4756 Open Cluster

Object: IC 4756
Type: Open cluster
Date 9/16/2012
Instrument: 6″ F/5 dobsonian reflector
Sketch: Pencil on paper and then inverted after scanning into the computer.

This is a sketch of open cluster IC 4756 in Serpens made on September 16, 2012 with a 6″ F/5 dobsonian reflector. Very large cluster of stars near the pretty double Theta Serpentis. Some 30 – 50 stars were counted in the cluster which appears to have several concentrations of stars separated from one another by voids. the cluster fills the field at 75X.

NGC 2516

NGC 2516 Open Cluster
NGC 2516 Open Cluster

Hello. I send a new drawing.

Object Name: NGC 2516

Object Type: Open Cluster

Location: Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Date: 03/22/2014

Media: I used an A4 sheet and pencils 2B, B, H and HB. The image was then inverted and colored with Adobe Photoshop.

Crew: F900114 Helios Reflector Telescope

Ocular: 25mm Huygens

Greetings!

Hola. Evío un nuevo dibujo.

Nombre del objeto: NGC 2516

Tipo de objeto: Cúmulo Abierto

Ubicación: Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Fecha: 22/03/2014

Medios: Utilicé una hoja A4 y lápices 2B, B, H y HB. La imagen fue posteriormente invertida y coloreada con Adobe Photoshop.

Equipo: Telescopio reflector Helios F900114

Ocular: Huygens 25mm

Saludos!

M45

M45
M45

Nombre del objeto : M45 – NGC 1432

Tipo : cumulo abierto

Ubicación : san diego/Venezuela

Fecha : 23-03-14

Medio : herramienta digital photoshop CS5

Instrumento: Binocular tasco 10×70

Objeto messier 45 “las pléyades” 30’ de arco con mi binocular en un campo de visión de 5° con transparencia aceptable.

Es mi primer dibujo con técnica digital.

Gracias ¡

Object name: M45 – NGC 1432

Type: Open cluster

Location: san diego / Venezuela

Date: 03/14/23

Medium: digital tool photoshop CS5

Instrument: Tasco 10×70 Binocular

Messier object 45 “Pleiades” 30 ‘of arc in my binocular field of view of 5 ° with acceptable transparency.

It’s my first drawing with digital art.

Thanks

M41 in Canis Major

M41 - NGC 2287
M41 – NGC 2287 open cluster in Canis Major

I’ve began to sketch from the center of Madrid to display what can be observed from a light-polluted place. Although the number and brightness of stars decreases fairly compared to a dark sky, I think you can still enjoy even if you can’t move to better skies

He empezado a dibujar desde el centro de Madrid para mostrar qué se puede observar desde un sitio con alta CL. Aunque el número y brillo de las estrellas disminuye bastante comparado con un cielo oscuro, Creo que aún se puede disfrutar si no puedes moverte a mejores condiciones.

•Object Name: M41 – NGC 2287
•Object Type Open Cluster
•Constellation: Canis Major; R.A.: 06h 46m; Dec: −20º 46′
•Location Madrid (City Center)
•Date March 5th 2014 22:15 h.(CET)
•Temperature: 9 ºC
•Seeing: 4/5
•Telescope: Celestron nexstar 5′ S/C.
•Eyepiece: 25 mm celestron
•Magnification: 50x
•Filter: Astronomik UHC-E.
•Media: Graphite pencil on white paper. Scanned and then inverted and processed image with GIMP

Clear skies!!

NGC 2477 – Open Cluster in Puppis

NGC 2477
NGC 2477

Object Name: NGC 2477

Location: RA: 07h 52m 09.8s; Dec: -38° 32′ 00″

Magnitude: 5.8

Dimensions: 27′

Constellation: Puppis

Type: Open Cluster

Observing location: Pueblonuevo de Bullaque, Ciudad Real

Date: February 22, 2014.

Time: 22:15 T.U.

Material Used: Graphite pencil on white paper. Reversed Image processed with Photoshop.

Celestron Telescope S / C 8 “Mount CGT-5

Eyepiece: Hyperion Aspheric 31mm.

Magnification: 65x.

Condition: NEML: 5.75 (Zone 4 Gemini); Temperature: 1°C; Humidity: 87%

More information: http://astrodibujo.blogspot.com.es/

Caldwell 96

Caldwell 96
Caldwell 96

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]

Tombaugh 1 and 2

Tombaugh 1 and 2
Tombaugh 1 and 2

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

Rosette Nebula

Rosette Nebula
Rosette Nebula

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