Category: Planetary

C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang)

C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang)
C/2002 C1 (Ikeya-Zhang)

Hey Artists!

In this year of bright comets and while waiting for comet ISON, I will
mainly send sketches of these objects to show what can be seen in the coma!
Comet IKEYA – ZHANG was a bright and activ comet which showed interesting
structures in the coma. I observed before it was dark (twilight) to see the jets !
This comet is the same one as Hevelius observed in the year 1660.
Info on the sketch.
I used crayons (watercolor) on black paper.
Loc.: Trondheim, Norway.

Best wishes and clear sky from Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Saturn – April 23, 2013

Saturn - April 23, 2013
Saturn – April 23, 2013

Object Name: Saturn
Object Type: Planet
Location: Maastricht – Netherlands
Date: April 23th, 2013 – 22.30h UTC & May 5th, 2013 21.30h
Media: Graphite pencil 5B on white paper
Seeing: Bad
Equipment: 12″/F5 Dobson – Nagler 3-6mm Zoom – 300x

I made this sketch of Saturn from my backyard on April 23th, but left it lying around far too long to finish drawing it from memory. So tonight I took the opportunity to do some more observation and complete the sketch. Seeing was bad as Saturn hovered low above Maastricht city. The moon probably is Tethys.

Mars – February 19, 2012

Mars - February 19, 2012
Mars – February 19, 2012

Object Name: Mars
Object Type: Planet
Location: Lombard, IL, USA, 41° 52′ 48″ N / 88° 0′ 28″ W
Date: 19 Feb 2012, 22:20-22:45 CST
Media: Pencil
Comments: This is Mars observed using my homemade 8″ f5.9 dob and Baader Hyperion 5mm, I had a pretty good seeing that evening. After scanning the picture, color balance was adjusted in Photoshop to better resemble observable Martian palette. The image to the right was generated by Stellarium for comparison.

PanSTARRS and the Andromeda Galaxy

C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) and M31
C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) and M31

I made this sketch using my 15×70 binoculars at 1:45 UTC on 4/5/2013. I was just able to get both objects in the the field of view. The comet was brighter than M31, particularly in the core, but smaller. The comet’s tail was noticeably wider than it was when I observed it a few weeks earlier on 3/13. It was an interesting conjunction but was hard to get a lot of detail, M32 and M110 were not even visible, because they were both about 10-15 degrees from the horizon.

PANNSTARRS and M31
Comet and Galaxy
Green Bay, WI
4/5/2013
Graphite Pencil and Blending Stump on White Paper.

Thanks,

Brian Chopp

C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) from March 17, 2013

C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)

Hello
He wants you to meet my sketch of Comet C/2011 L4 PanSTARRS::

Object Name: C/2011 L4 PanSTARRRS
Object Type: Comet
Location: Mystków, Poland
Date: 17.03.2013
Media: Pencil, white paper, eraser

Observer: Kuba Warchoł (kubol0567)

Additional Information:
In the sketch, comet is shown in the magnification 30x.
Observations made with a telescope Tasco 50×50
Weather at the time of observation: 9/10