Comet Hale-Bopp
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Hey!
I send you comet Hale-Bopp, “a great visitor!”
I dont know if you like older sketches, but to me the comet
was so splended and great, that I never can forget it!
Well, I made this observation with 10 x 50 binocular when the
comet was near brightest.
I used crayons (watercolour) on black paper only.
Location: outside Trondheim city, Norway.
More info on my sketch.
From Per-Jonny .
NGC 6543 Planetary nebula in Draco
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Hey !
I send you N.G.C. 6543 “small and nice”.
The planetary is small, light and with some structures in high
power of my scope. The colour is yellow and its called “The cats
eye”. The central star is clearly seen in moments of steady air
and good seeng. An inner ring was seen round the star with a
darker area inside!
I used crayons (watercolours) on black paper only.
Location: outside Trondheim city, Norway.
More info on my sketch.
Have a clear sky: Per-Jonny Bremseth.
Galactic Cluster M11 in Scutum
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Hey!
I send you M.11, “Globular or open cluster?”
This cluster is very special and interesting to observe with
small telescopes. Visually it looks like a fine, open cluster, but
on photos like a globular. I really dont know its true nature.
With its two “wings” of mostly faint stars, M.11 is real nice!
The observation was made with crayons (watercolours) on
black paper only
Observing place: outside Trondheim city, Norway.
More info on my sketch!
Per-Jonny Bremseth
The Great Andromeda Galaxy M31, with M32, and M110
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Hey!
Send you galaxy M.31, “A study of a great galaxy”.
In some clear nights with good seeng, I made a study of this
great galaxy in September 2002.
Beside my 10×50 and 7×40 binoculars, I used 50x, 80x, 111x
and 166x magn. on my 20.3 cm. SCT, f/10. I had to use high
power to see the great starcloud N.G.C. 206 in the galaxy.
It is not much structures to see in this nearby galaxy, exept
of the dark band to north and a faint brightening just north of it.
At high power I could observe a point of light in the core.
The surrounding area was bright with gradually faiding outwards.
M. 32 was round and bright compared to the oval and diffuse
M.110 to north.
I used crayons(watercolours) on black paper only.
The observation was from outside Trondheim city, Norway.
Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.
Solar promoinences on August 22, 2009, northwest quadrant
Sketch and Details by Stephen Ames
Very complex and wide spanning proms break a length of duldroms…
Crayola Cerulean for plage
Conti White pencil for filament
Crayola Aqua Green pencil for proms
white 20# paper with Aqua Green disk
I scan into photoshop and invert.
Blue skies,
Stephen Ames
M45, The Seven Sisters
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Hey!
I send you “Heavenly Sisters”.
The open cluster M.45 or “Pleiades” is a very fine object to
observe with binoculars and telescope.
I made a study of this cluster in some clear nights in nov.2003.
First I observed M.45 with a 10×50 binocular, then I observed with
my 20.3 cm. SCT, f/10 with different oculars.
To see the Meropenebula, I blocked out the star Merope with
50x on my telescope, swept slowly over the area south of the star
and at last I could see this faint nebula.
The “Seven sisters” have got many babies do I see, with
whom, Perseus??
I used crayons (watercolours) on black paper only.
My observation was done north of Trondheim city, Norway,
Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.
NGC 2392, “The Clown” or “Eskimo” Nebula in Gemini
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Hey!
I send you, “Where is the clown?”.
Well, I understand that my scope perhaps is to small to see
a clown out there, so I found out that the real clown was looking
from the other end of the telescope tube!!
I used crayons (watercolours) on black paper only.
The atmospheric quality and seeng was moderate.
The observation was made outside Trondheim city, Norway.
More info on my drawing!
Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.
Comet Swift-Tuttle
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Hey!
Send you, “comet Swift-Tuttle, the Perseides mother”.
This comet is associated with the famous meteorstream
Perseides, which will peak at maximum 12. august each year.
Comet Swift-Tuttle was seen as a bright comet in 1862 and
returned in 1992. The comet was also perhaps the same as the
one observed in 1737 (Kegler).
I was happy to observe the comet. It was active with structures
of Jets.
I made this drawing with Crayons (water colours) on black paper
(not inverted).
The seeng and the atmospheric quality was very good.
more info on my drawing!
The observation was done 6 km outside Trondheim city, Norway.
Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.
Jupiter with Impact Scar
Sketch and Details by Jeremy Perez
On July 19, 2009, amateur astronomer and planetary imager, Anthony Wesley discovered a striking new feature on Jupiter. A dark spot had suddenly appeared in the south polar region. Although it might have been a new weather feature, it actually appeared very similar to the impact scars created when fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck Jupiter in July of 1994. Quick analysis by professional observatories confirmed that this new feature was indeed an impact scar.
Sleep deprivation and heavy clouds prevented me from attempting it visually on the morning of July 20th. But tonight I was able to spend time with Jupiter in hopes of seeing the feature as it transited a little after midnight local time (July 21). As the scope cooled down, I worked on adjusting my eyes to details in the cloud belts. By 12:10 AM, the seeing was improving, and Jupiter had rotated enough to make it clear that I was detecting a soft, dark spot near the southern pole. Through our own fluttering atmosphere, I was actually seeing the debris cloud of an immense impact on Jupiter that had happened perhaps as recently as two days ago.
Over the next 45 minutes, I sketched the position of the impact scar, and all the other features I could detect. In that time, the spot transited Jupiter and crept along steadily with planet’s rapid rotation. At times I’ve wished that I had taken up observing sooner so that I could have seen Shoemaker-Levy 9 pepper Jupiter with my own eyes. And what do you know, 15 years later, it’s been hit again.
Subject Jupiter with Impact Scar
Classification Planet
Position* Capricornus [RA: 21:50:07.2 / Dec: -14:10:38]
Size* 48 arcseconds (Equatorial diameter)
Brightness* -2.8
Date/Time JUL 21, 2009, 12:20 – 1:05 AM
(JUL 21, 2009, 07:20 – 08:05 UT)
Observing Loc. Flagstaff, Arizona, USA – Home
Instrument Orion SkyQuest XT8 Dobsonian (203 mm dia./1200 mm F/L)
Eyepieces/Mag. Pentax XW10 + 2X Barlow (240X)
Conditions Mostly clear, humid
Seeing Ant. III
Transparency Mag 5.8 NELM
*Sources Starry Night Pro Plus 5.8.2
M82 (NGC 3034), The Cigar Galaxy
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Hey guys!
I send you “M.82, a broken cigar”.
The dark band was easy to see in my telescope and after a time
I could observe dark and lighter structures in this galaxy.
This galaxy is really a good target for amateurastronomers!
The separation between M.81 and M.82 is also a good match!!
The seeng and the transparency was very fine when the
drawing was made, and clean sky!
I use water coloured crayons on black paper only!
The observation of M.82 was from outside Trondheim, Norway.
See more info on my drawing!!
Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth
