Galaxy – Page 27 – Astronomy Sketch of the Day

Interacting Galaxies

NGC 7582, NGC 7590 and NGC 7599
Sketch and Details by Serge Vieillard

During his stay at LaPalma in October of 2009 Serge began one of his nights examining galaxies in the constellation of Grus, the southern crane using the 16″ telescope (T400-c). This constellation is packed with galaxies including this group of three in one field of view: NGC 7582, NGC 7590 and NGC 7599. A fourth member of this group of spiral galaxies (NGC 7552) is outside the eyepiece field of view and therefore is not included in this sketch. All four of these interacting galaxies are known as the Grus Quartet.

Object: NGC 7582, NGC 7590 and NGC7599 – Artist: Serge Vieillard – Sketch Date: October 2009 – Sketch Location: La Palma in the Canary Islands

Translation by Frank McCabe

Eyes to the South for NGC 55

NGC 55 – Galaxy in Sculptor
Sketch by Serge Vieillard

In addition to observing nebulae from La Palma in the Canary Islands, time was also devoted to observing and sketching galaxies and this is one of them. NGC 55 is an irregular barred spiral seen almost edge on and situated not far from the South Galactic pole at a distance of 7 million light years from us. Serge writes, “Observing NGC 55 in the constellation of Sculptor is always a great pleasure. This galaxy is vast, highly luminous and shows many nebulous knots.”

Translation by Frank McCabe

Broken Cigar

M81, NGC 3034, the “Cigar Galaxy”
Sketch and details by Miłosz Guzowski

Hi,

today I send you sketch of M82 – “broken cigar galaxy”.

Object name: M82

Object type: Galaxy

Location: Białuty (Poland)

Date: 21/22.08.2009

Scope: 10″ newtonian + ploosl 10mm (mag. 120x)

Medium : Graphite/blending stump on white paper + GIMP processing

Cities of the Stellar Vorteses

M31, M32, M110 The Great Andromeda Galaxy and satellite galaxies
Sketch and Details by Milosz Guzowski

Hi,

Today I want to present my late-summer sketch of M31, M32 and M 110

Object Name: M31, M32, M110

Object Type: Galaxies

Location: Białuty (Poland)

Date: 23/24.08.2009

Scope: 10″ newtonian + ploosl 30mm (mag. 40x)

Medium : Graphite/blending stump on white paper + GIMP processing

Floating on the Rivers of Night

NGC 7769, NGC 7770 and NGC 7771 Galaxies in Pegasus
Sketch and Details by Ferenc Lovró

I’ve sketched this fantastic trio of galaxies during the Meteor Star Party 2009 in Tarján, Hungary. The two larger ones are the face-on NGC 7769 and the edge-on 7771, both with softly brightening cores. Next to 7771 a small fuzzy object is visible, which surprises me, since my printed star map (TriAtlas B, with a limiting magnitude of about 12) shows no other objects than the two large galaxies at this area of sky. But as I can clearly make out this bright diffuse spot, I place it on the sketch and can’t wait to find out what I really saw. It turns out to be the NGC 7770, another faint galaxy of 13.6m. This value I find a bit misleading, because visually its surface is not this much fainter than its two larger companion galaxies. This discovery makes me really happy, just like when I rediscovered NGC 5981 of the Draco Trio. SQM reading: 20.91 m/arcsec^2.

Sketching:

Constellation: Pegasus
Right ascension: 23h 52m; Declination: 20° 10′
Date/time: 2009.08.20 21:30 UT
Equipment: 12″ f/5 Newtonian
FoV: 32′ Magnification and filter(s): 100x
Seeing: 4/10 Transparency: 5/5
Observer: Ferenc Lovró
Location: Tarján, Hungary

Falling Towards Andromeda

M31 (224) and M32 (NGC 221)
Sketch and Details by Ignisdei (Robert Twarogal)

Hi!
I made a sketch of the most popular pair of galaxies: M31 and M32.
Yesterday in my garden the NELM was about 5 mag , but in the zenith – it
slightly increased.
M31 was nicely visible to the naked eye.
Sketch took me about 45 minutes,

Sincerely yours
Robert

Object Name: M31 amd M32
Object Type (Galaxy)
Location (Oborniki, suburbia, Poland)

Date (19-11-2009)
Equipment: Meade LB12? + WO SWAN 40mm and 25mm
Autor: Ignisdei (Robert Twarogal)

Andromeda’s Great Edge-on Galaxy

NGC 891, a bright edge-on spiral galaxy in Andromeda
Sketch and Details by Kiminori Ikebe, translation by Eiji Kato

A dark band crosses the center. NGC 891 is a rather large and bright edge-on galaxy. Like a typical edge-on, the outline is sharp. The central bulge is thicker and has a strong condensation. Both ends are diffuse and faint. In the Milky Way there are many faint stars.
This sketch of NGC 891 was made at the eyepiece of a 50 cm. telescope at 220x on the 18th of August in 2002.

The Milky Way’s Dancing Partners

M31 and M32, The Great Andromeda Galaxy and Satellite Galaxy
Sketch and Details by Chris Lee

Object Name : M31 and M32
Object Type : Galaxy
Location Bristol, UK
Date: 17th Oct 2009
Sketched at the scope (Nexstar 8SE) and modifed using Photoshop
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did sketching it!

Chris

A Peculiar Pair in Pegasus

Arp86 (NGC7752 and 7753); interacting galaxy pair in Pegasus
Sketch and Details by Jeff Young

Number 86 from Halton Arp’s catalog of peculiar galaxies, this interacting pair is a bit like a miniature M51. An arm extends out from the left of the core of the larger galaxy (through the dim field star) and then curves down to meet the smaller companion at right angles to its elongation. Sadly, this arm was too dim to record with my instrument.

Arp86 (NGC7752 and 7753); interacting galaxy pair in Pegasus

HB pencil on Daler-Rowney cartridge paper; scanned and inverted in Photoshop

16” f/10 Mak-Cass on AP1200GTO mount; 17mm T4 Nagler; 235X

Sketched from County Louth, Ireland

Needle in a Cosmic Haystack

NGC 4565, The Needle Galaxy in Coma Berenices sketch #1
Sketch and Details by Aleksander Cieśla

Please double click on sketch for a larger version.

This sketch was made on Astronomical Meeting “Bieszczady 2009” in Roztoki Górne in Beshyadas, one of the darkest place in Poland, the venue of the Polish amateur astronomers.

NGC 4565, The Needle Galaxy in Coma Berenices sketch #2
Sketch and Details by Aleksander Cieśla

Please double click on sketch for a larger version.

Object: NGC 4565 “Needle”
Scope: Schmidt-Cassegrain 5″ with Vixen LVW 13mm
Weather: Excellent. Clear dark sky.
Seeing: 5/5
Transparency: 5/5
Place: Roztoki Górne, Beshyadas, Poland
Date: 17th April 2009
Technique: 1 – Graphite pencil with GIMP 2 working
2 – White pastels on black paper
Observer: Aleksander Cieśla (Wimmer)