Category: Planetary

Jupiter and the Moon in Conjunction with the big Tower

Conjunction of Moon and Jupiter
Conjunction of Moon and Jupiter

Object Type: Conjunction
Location: Montreal, Canada
Date: October 13th 2011
Media: Pastel
On October the 13th while returning home after a lecture given by the astrophysicist J.P. Luminet, I saw this beautiful conjunction between our moon, Jupiter and the Dome of the Tower of the University of Montreal where I work. Our moon looked as if it rested on a small cloud. I sat on a nearby bench and took my time to sketched the view in my notebook. I copied the sketched at home on black paper, adding colors with pastel.

Jean Barbeau,
microbiologiste
Faculté de médecine dentaire
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal, Qué
H1T 1K3

Comet Garradd

C/2009 P1 (Garradd)
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)

Hello

I’m a “brand new” French speaking subscriber.

I’m living near the French Riviera in Rocbaron were the sky is still very correct for observations.

I attached here four of my last sketches (Garradd comet, Uranus, Jupiter and the weak up of an eclipsed moon). [editor’s note: today we are featuring the C/2009 P1 (Garrad) sketches]

The actual ASOD web site fulfills a real interest for lot if us, observing with only eyes and hands.

Thanks to you all to help us to contribute… !

Michel

Fragmenting of C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)

C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)
C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)

Hey Artists!

I send you “fragmenting of C/ 1996 B2 Hyakutake”.
For visual observers much happened in the coma of this nearby, fastmoving great comet.
With a scope you could see the false nucleus with a bright, fan-shaped structure tailward and great shockbows sunward! The outer part of the bows were faint, so the sketch is enhanced. More info on the sketch.
I used crayons on black paper.
From Trondheim, Norway.

Best wishes, Per-Jonny Bremseth.

The Path of Vesta

Asteroid Vesta
Asteroid Vesta

Object Name: Vesta
Object Type: Asteroid
Location: Itajobi, SP, Brazil
21°19’W
41°03’S
+453m
Date: 21-30/07/2011 (all sketches around 02h00 U.T.)
Media: 2B 0.5mm graphite pencil on white paper, scanned so inverted
Instrument: Binoculars Celestron 10×50 (7°)
Observer: Rodrigo Pasiani Costa

From July 21st to 30th I could observe the brighest asteroid, Vesta, crossing the night sky. Night after night it appeared higher in the sky, always as bright as the surrounding brighest stars, showing its path among them. It was the first time I observed an asteroid, and I didn’t know they move so quickly.
This is an animation with all the sketches, one after another, showing Vesta’s trip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up29hcX2z3Y
I hope you enjoy the sketch, and the animation. Thanks you all, and dark skies!
Rodrigo Pasiani Costa

New Guest on the Sky

C/2009 P1 (Garradd)
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)

Location: Budy Dłutowskie – small village in central Poland
Date: 05.08.2011
Media: graphite pencil, white paper, color invert
Telescope: Columbus 13” (320/1387 Newtonian telescope) + Antares Speers Waler I 14mm
Seeing: 2/5
Transparency: 1/5
NELM: 6 mag

Hello

New guest on our sky – comet C/2009 P1 Garradd. She will stay with us in next months. Now we can observe this object in Pegasus constellation (near to M15). Quite bright head with wide weak tail (8-8,5mag). In next month brightness of this comet will be constantly grow.

Clear sky
Łukasz