The Seven Sisters

The Pleiades
The Pleiades

Hello.

This is my first sketch presented on ASOD.
Last night I got a clear sky and I started off by looking at one of my favorite objects: M45. The sky was very clear and I was surprised to see a small hint of nebulosity near Merope but it was really faint, almost invisible.
The Seven Sisters plus ofc Atlas and Pleione were shining with a bright light which I tried to mark on my sketch.
I used a 150/1200 Dob , 25mm Plossl Eyepiece, x48 mag (I spread the sketch in two fields, in order to get all the detail.)

Object Name : Messier 45, Pleiades
Object Type : open star cluster
Location : Marosvásárhely, Romania.
Date : 2012.01.21.
Media : graphite pencil on white paper – digitally inverted and enchanced (Autodesk SketchBook).

Clear skies,
Csenteri Ildikó

Gamma Andromedae

Gamma Andromedae
Gamma Andromedae

Object Name: Gamma Andromedae
Object Type: Double star
Location: Cittadella (Italy)
Date: December 28, 2011
Media: graphite pencil, white paper, inverted and colored in Gimp
Instrument: 90 mm achromatic refractor (f/11)
Eyepiece: Ortho 5 mm (200x) and diagonal
Conditions: Visual magnitude: 4.5 – Seeing: 2/6 (II Antoniadi)

One of the most beautiful double stars in the sky.
Clear skies,
Massimo

Venus – January 3, 2012

Venus - January 3, 2012
Venus - January 3, 2012

Hello everyone,
here you can see my first sketch of planet Venus. I saw there one big spot near the terminator. And other spots you can see on the picture. I used my newtonian telescope (8 inch), 8mm Hyperion and two filters. Other parameters are in the picture.

Venus
03/01/2012 _ 15.20 – 15.35 UT (Darkovicky)
N200/1200mm
8mm Hyperion + Astronomik OIII, Celestron #15
Pencil, white paper and black background (by computer)

Clear sky …

Tom Perdoch

P.S.: At the end, here are my two website – (http://www.deepsky-sketches.estranky.cz/) and (http://www.astrodo.estranky.cz/).

The Wings of M42

Messier 42
Messier 42

Hallo!

This is my first sketch presented online. I’m not experienced with drawing but this is my third sketch of Orion nebula! I needed 90 minutes for the drawing and it was really cold about -6°C. The transparency was really good that evening for my observation point with a magnitude of 5m3.

I used a Newton 150/750mm with OIII-Filter. The magnification is 100* and the field of view is 0,52°.

Object: Orion Nebula (M42 & M43)
Type: Emission nebula
Location: West-Germany (south-Ruhrgebiet)
Date: 27.12.08
Media: graphite pencil on white paper – digitally inverted

Greetings from Germany!!

PS: great site I discoverd it only some weeks ago!

Dumbbell Nebula

Messier 27
Messier 27

Object Name: M27 (Dumbbell Nebula)
Object Type: planetary nebula
Location: Płaza, Poland
Date: 25.09.2011
Media: graphite pencil, white paper, inverted

Dumbbell Nebula (M27) is a beautiful planetary nebula located in our galaxy. You can observing it at warm, but very short summer nights. When you’ll look at eyepiece, you’ll see the big nebula and a hundreds of stars, because this nebula is cut by one of our galaxy’s arm.

Mare Imbrium

Mare Imbrium
Mare Imbrium

Aloha!

I submit my most recent sketch of a close up detail of Mare Imbrium of 1/1/12. First observation of the New Year for me & first attempt using white pastel & black artist paper for a moon sketch. I found it a bit frustrating at fist since I have always sketched in black charcoal on white paper for the moon. After I got the hang of it I really enjoyed the texture & detail I could create with the black paper.

I am currently working on an Astronomical League Certificate for the moon and I am amazed how much more detail I must learn to sketch. I want to know what every crater & peak of light is that I am recording on paper.

On this night I used my 8” Dobsonian & 14mm Explore Scientific EP
Seeing was excellent, Temperature 65 degrees F from 4000 ft elevation
Maui, Hawaii

Thia Krach

Barnard’s Merope Nebula

IC 349
IC 349

I have thaught it would be useful for ASOD members to have a sketch of this very little nebula, hidden in the light of Merope. It is very difficult to see, unless the seeing is very good, and it was the case.

IC 349, bright nebula
RA: 03h 47m 05s
Dec: 23° 58’ 40”N
magnitude: ?
Constellation: Taurus

date of observation: 2011 11 23 23h08 UT
length of observation: 77 minutes
Object position: Alt: 70°, Az: 173°
Observing conditions: SQMZ 21.41, mvlon (UMi) 6.4, FWMH 1.0” very good
Instrument: Dobson Obsession 635mm, F/D 5
Eyepiece: Nagler 3.5mm
Power: 890x

Sketch and final drawing with Paint Shop Pro and Star Spikes Pro

Much more details on www.deepsky-drawings.com

Bertrand