Messier 83
János Gábor Kernya
Object: M 83 (GX, Hya)
Date: 2010. 04. 07/08.
UT.: 22h35m – 23h15m
Equipment: 105/600 RR achromat + star diagonal
Mag.: 48x
FOV.: 63’
S = 1-3 / 10
T = 5 / 5
Location: Akrotiri-peninsula (South-East Crete, near „Kalo Nero” village)
Observer: János Gábor Kernya (Hungary)
Messier 81 and 82
By Maciej Mącidym
Hello All! This is my sketch of two bright galaxy in to the Ursa Major constellation. This is a sketch from my archive.
Object Name – M81 and M82
Object Type – double galaxy
Location Poland – Chlebna
Date 20 march. 2010
Media Graphite pencil. Inverted
Constellation – Ursa Maior
Limit Magnitude – 6.6
Equipment – SW 130/900 Newtonian + k25mm
NGC 4490 and NGC 4485
By Marek Plonka
Object Name: NGC 4490 and NGC 4485
Object Type: Galaxy
Location: Skrzyszów, Silesia, Poland
Date: 2010-04-06
Media: (graphite pencil, white paper, GIMP)
Messier 101
By Serge Vieillard
It was a Spring weekend with the club at Mount Beuvray in Morvan, [France] and superb weather, despite a strong wind, refrigerating and annoying us. I was prepared for a beautiful feast of Messier galaxies with the T400-c….
… M101 was my main goal of these nights. I spend long hours and redid a second drawing on a pre-field star for greater rigor of proportion. The finale is a composite of these two drawings
Object: M 101 (NGC 5457) face on spiral galaxy – Artist: Serge Vieillard – Sketch Date: Early in 2010 Sketch Location: Movan, France
ESO 270-17
By Scott Mellish
ESO 270-17
18/03/10
“Fourcade-Figueroa Object”
Galaxy
Centaurus
Ilford NSW Australia
56cm f5 Dobsonian telescope
Field: 15′
Magnification: 314
Centaurus
Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:31
This is a sketch I done recently of the elusive galaxy ESO 270-17, sometimes described as the “Fourcade-Figueroa object”. Studies have shown that this galaxy could quite possibly have collided with NGC 5128 “Centaurus A” in the distant past and thus is considered as a “shred”.
The alignment of the dust band of NGC 5128 with ESO 270-17 and also its lack of rotation has lead researchers to conclude that this quite faint galaxy
had collision based origins.
A dark sky site and some decent aperture are essential for observing this unusual object.
Scott Mellish
Messier 106
By Kiminori Ikebe
Difficulty level 3
This galaxy’s arm is easy to find. This galaxy is bright and of mid-size with a spindle-like or diamond shape. There is a stellar nucleus in a small core. In the north and south arms are clearly visible. The northern arm is particularly bright with its outer part is sharply defined. The southern arm is fuzzy but clearly seen. With averted vision the whole galaxy appears enveloped by faint halo.
Date of observation: 1996 / 04 / 27 01:40
Observing site: Kuju, Japan
Transparency / seeing / sky darkness: 3 / 3 / 4
Instruments: 32cm Dobsonian with PL eyepiece 12.5 at 120x
Width of field: 0.4 °
Translation by Eiji Kato
NGC 2403
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Hey!
I send you my sketch “N.G.C. 2403, a forgotten galaxy?”
This galaxy is bright and easely seen in moderate scopes, but I have not seen sketches of this object made by amateurs!
C. Messier did not see it either, and therefor no number in his list.
My sketch was made with graphite pencil on white paper and inverted.
More info on the sketch!
I observed this galaxy outside Trondheim city, Norway.
Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.
NGC 5054
Sketch and Details by Bertrand Laville
Hello,
Here is the contribution I propose this time. It is a galaxy presently well visible, and with a lot of structure. Interesting because never sketched, according my web searches.
My log is the following one: Observation of NGC 5054
Object information
Object name: NGC 5054
Object type: Galaxy
Magnitude: 10.90
RA: 13h 17m 30s
Dec: 16° 41′ 13″ S
Constellation: VIR
Observation details
Date of observation: 26 mars 2009 00:45 UT
Length of observation: 63 min
Object position: Alt: 29.4°, Az: 181.8°
Weather conditions: 11h: J++ V2-3NW t6.8° T1.5 01h25: N+/- V2N t6° hu49% QZ21.57 LZ 21.55
Observation conditions: SQMZ 21.57 SQM-LZ 21.55, naked eye limited magnitude in UMi~6.0, ~6.5at zenith. T2 P1.5 S4 (on scales 1/best to 5/worst)
Observing site: Puimoisson le PetitTelle (southern fench Alps, alt 700m)
Instrument: TN 635 Dobson Obsession
Main eyepiece: Televue Ethos 8mm
Barlow: (None)
Magnification: 390x
Notes: x102 Nagler 31mm
I am a bit disappointed: the galaxy is weak, little elongated, a/b ~ 2, pale blue, in a clear field.
x390 Ethos 8mm
It is the good power. The north-west spire is identified, then the north-east one, but the winding pattern is difficult.
PGC 46256 is easy, but only as a cigar without structure.
PGC 83913 is not visible.
More details on www.deepsky-drawings.com
Markarian’s Chain
Sketch and Details by Michael Geldorp
Object Type: Cluster of galaxies
Instrument: 8″ Dobsonian at 49X
Date May 10, 2001
This sketch of the chain of galaxies that runs from M87 to M84 was made with an 8″ Dobsonian at 49X and shows M84, M86, M87, NGC 4435 and NGC 4438 while at higher magnifications NGC 4387 and NGC 4388 were also seen near M84. This is a wonderful area of the sky with medium sized telescopes.
The sketch was made with pencil on white printer paper. It was then scanned into the computer and inverted to give the realistic white-on-black look.
for more information and other sketches please visit http://mordorp.zymichost.com/Astrohomepage/htmlfiles/index2.html
Michael Geldorp
Comet Tuttle and Messier 33
Sketch and Details by Giorgio Bonacorsi
Hi,astronomy lovers,how are you? I’m fine now, i sent you the last sketches of Tuttle, realized behind my house with binocular 16×80. I have realized this in three time: first the comet and stars around Tuttle, second the stars in the central of view, third M33 and the stars around them.
The temperature are very icy,but the sky are fantastic!
Good year and clear sky.
Ciao, Giorgio.
