Category: Supernova Remnant

17.5″, 3 Hours, and the Eta Carina Nebulae

Hi all,

Scope time has been very scarce this year. This sketch was done in April.

Encouraged by my attempt at Eta Carina through my 8″ dob, I trained my 17.5″ dobbie at the same target, again from Sydney.

This time, I also used my Grand Daddy of all eyepieces, a 35mm Masuyama. A bit long for this f/4.5 scope, but my only OIII filter was a 1.25″.

Eta Carina is not only huge, it is a very busy place. There are multiple shockwaves within it, masses of star formation both just initiated in the form of dark pillars, of those whose nuclear fires have just kicked in, nebulae within nebulae, and a super massive star about to go supernova.

This magnificent NASA site shows all of these details.

Again, the Homunculus Nebula is too small at 57X, but the supermassive star, Eta Carina, it is associated with is the bright reddish one.

Armed with a battery of sketching implements, the result of 3hrs is below. Ooooohhh, I am going to have soooooo much fun redoing this one at a dark sky site!

Scope: 17.5″ f/4.5 dob
Gear: 35mm Masuyama, 57X, OIII filter
Date: April 8, 2011
Location: Sydney
Media: white pastel, white & black charcoal pencils, white chinagraph, white and coloured ink on black A4 size paper

Cheers,

Alex M.

In the Wake of a Nova

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Hey Artists!

I send you the western part of this remnant, N.G.C. 6960.
Blocking out the star 52, showed, (the northern part) this snake- like ghost between the stars.
A bigger scope would show filaments, but I was happy only to find this remnant.Info on sketch.
I used crayons on black paper, and the observation was done from Trondheim, Norway.

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Brem

Close and Far

Hey Artists!

I follow up with my own sketch of the remnant of the SN 1054, “The Crab Nebula”, (M. 1)
togather with a visitor, a comet which passed right over the western part of the Crab earlier
this day.
My sketch is old, but I think its still interesting.
I used crayons (watercolours) on black paper only. Info on my sketch.

The observation was made outside Trondheim, Norway.

Clear sky , Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Two Sisters

A view of the great Veil nebula: East (at left, NGC6995 and NGC6992) and West (at right, NGC 6960).

They are expanding remnants of an ancient supernova in Cygnus located 2000 light years away from us, and span on area of 100 light years (3 degrees of arc).
A wide feld eyepieces and a narrowband filter (such as O3 or UHC) is recommended for viewing the Veil, even under dark skies, to distinguish the nebula from background star glow of the milky way.

These objects were sketched during observations through Orion 8″ f/5 newtonian, 25mm Sirius plossl eyepiece, and Orion ultrablock filter.
Drawings were rendered at different times (2009 and 2010) , under similar conditions, in Negev desert skies in Israel.
Technique is a pretty standard one – black graphite pencils, white paper, eraser, cotton balls and a red light. Later the sketch was inverted and processed in Photoshop.

Michael Vlasov

Giant Veil Nebula

Subject: Giant Veil Nebula

Hello Artists,all o.k.?I’m in holyday in this moment,the break from work,so, for me….very good days!!!
I sent my first sketch of great nebula in Cygnus made with my dobson 10″ and great old eyepiece,the Meade “Reserch Grade”12,4mm + UHC-S.
At first time i want made this sketch in one page of my album,but….the impressive dimension oblige me for two pages!
I sent you three photos of sketch,the particulars and totally of this.It’s impossible to insert in my scanner….
Excuse me for my english,clear sky.
At next and compliments at all sketchers for your works.
Ciao a tutti,Giorgio.

Site:Pergola,Serraspinosa Hill 400 meters of altitude,
Marche Region,Center Italy.
Date:2 of August 2010
Instrument:Dobson GSO 10”
Eyepiece:Meade 12,4mm “Reserch Grade”
Filter:Baader UHC-S
Seeing :Good
Air: Fresh,no wind.
Technics:White pencill and penn on black paper “Fabriano 3”

Giorgio Bonacorsi

The Vela Supernova Remnant

Vela Supernova Remnant
Vela Supernova Remnant
Sketch and Details by Gábor Sánta

Dear ASOD,

I want to post my newest drawing about a very interesting deepsky object.

Nearby Supernova Remnant

Object: Vela Supernova Remnant
Constellation: Vela
Date: 06. 04. 2010.
Time: 18:20-19:15 UTC
Location: 27 m above sea level next to Kalo Nero, SE Crete, Greece, EU
Instrument: 130/650 (5″ f/5) Newtonian, 32 mm Plossl (20x magn.)
Filter: O III
Limiting magnitude: better than 6.5
Printed background used
Composite (multiple-field) observation

From 2 to 10 April we three – all Hungarian amateur astronomers – were at Crete to enjoy near-south deepsky wonders in Puppis, Vela, Centaurus and Scorpius because these constellations or southern parts of them are never seen from our home. Observed Omega Cen, Cen A, NGC 2451, NGC 2477, NGC 6231 and more in the very clear sky. Light pollution was minimal.

Cause of its 800 light year distance, the Vela SNR is the nearest known and observable remnant of an exploding star (connecting to Vela Pulsar). Cause of its location in northern Vela, culminate at 10-12 deg. above the sea level (our fantastic southern horizon). So I tried to hunt its mystic filaments spread in an 8 deg diameter circle. And finally I was sucesful, I could see – by the help of a detailed map – most of dim filaments of this really interesting supernova remnant. North to this, you can see Gum 14 and Gum 17, between them the cloudy Collinder 197. These HII regions were brighter than the remnant. To save time, I used a background printed before.

I would like to suggest observing Vela SNR if you can see it at least 10-15 deg. above your horizon, southern the 35th parallel.

Best regards,

Gabor Santa
Szeged, Hungary
Leader of Deep-Sky Section in the Hungarian Astronomical Association

Triangle in the Veil

Triangle in the Veil

NGC 6979, Pickering’s Triangle
Sketch and Details by Robert Twarogal (Ignisdei)

Hy!

Finally I sketched and send You the third part of the “Veil Complex”
known as Pickering’s Triangle.

This is a very fleeting and weak nebula for an observer, So I think lot of
details in the sketch are a result of my imagination.

Best regards
Robert

Sketch details:
Object Name : NGC 6979, Pickering’s Triangle.

Object Type: Nebulae/emission/reflection
Location: Poland/ eastern Poland , Molodycz
Date: 20.08.2009 y,
Equipment: Meade Light Bridge 12”, Ultrablock 2″ and SWAN 40mm.

Artist: Robert Twarogal (Ignisdei)

Sheer Beauty of the Western Veil

Sheer Beauty of the Western Veil

NGC 6960, The Western Veil
Sketch and Details by Milosz Guzowski

Hi,

I want to present my latest sketch – western part of Veil complex.

Object Name: (NGC 6960)

Object Type: Reflection nebulae

Location: Poland/ Białuty

Date: 27.07.2009

Equipment: Newton 254/1200, NPL 30mm

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

Milosz Guzowski

Revealing the Veil

The Veil Nebula

The Veil Nebula (NGC 6960)
Sketch and Details by Dan Israël

Hello,

I made this sketch in a small hamlet in Aubrac, south of France, altitude 1100m, with average transparency and no moon. I used a 80mm refractor at 30x magnification
and an OIII filter. The sketch was made on the spot with graphite pencil on white Canson paper. Some minor improvements were made later in the daylight (shading, shape of stars).

Object Name NGC 6960 (Veil Nebula)
Object Type supernova remnant
Location Aubrac, France
Date August 2007

The Veil Nebula processed

Computer processed Veil Nebula (NGC 6960)
Computer Sketch by Dan Israël

PS: this version with software processing is a little bit more realistic (but less authentic).

regards,

Dan