Last Sep 19th is Korean Thanksgiving Day.
It is the most important holiday of Korea, the date is always Aug 15th in the lunar calendar.
I saw the bright full moon at holiday night.
And jujube tree fruits twinkle under moonshine.
So I drew a picture using my smart phone.
Media : Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (S Note App)
Location : S. Korea
Date : Sep 19th, 2013
Galaxy
Spain
March 2014
White paper/pencil + Photoshop
Telescope: Astro-Physics Traveler EDF 105mm F/5.8
Eyepieces: Televue Ethos 10mm, Pentax XO 5mm
Transparency: 3/5, 21.2 SQM
Seeing: 2/5
* Object Name: Mars
* Object Type: planet
* Location: La Fontasse (Tarn – France) N43.63 E2.35
* Date: April 6th 2014 21h40 UT
* Media: pencil HB + 2B, white drawing paper, scanned + colorized with PhotoPaint
As shown on the detailed view, I experimented the negative drawing with black pencil.
Just by inverting the image, I obtain quite the final result.
I just played with colour and contrast to make it “real”.
Next time I will try to make a negative drawing with blue pencil, to get directly the salmon colour of Mars…
NOTE : The pink colour is real, because of the lunar filter which adds a bluish-grayed hint
This filter provides more contrast and reduces the light intensity.
Conditions: humidity 60%, 12°C, no wind.
Equipment:
– Dobson Orion XT12 (305 x 1500mm => F/D 5)
– Eyepiece Televue Delos 4.5mm (mag x 330)
– Moon filter 1.25″
Excellent transparency and very good seing
Half Moon shining in Gemini
Because of the moonlight, the star party was dedicated to planetary observation.
So I decided to make my first sketch of Mars, as I only once could really see it with details last year.
For the first time I could distinctly see two dark zones : one butterfly shaped (right) and one banana shaped (left)
The sky was good enough to expect to see the north polar ice cap.
I actually saw a scattered brighter spot on the upper part of the disk.
As you never know the orientation of an object in your eyepiece, I decided this was the north pole ice cap of Mars.
Back home, while looking for the name of the dark zones (Acidalia Planitia & Meridiani Planum), I discovered that the north pole was on the right side of the disk.
So, what was this white spot ???
I found the explanation from a recent photo of Mars, on spaceweathergallery.com, showing a white cloud storm, in the same area.
This is how I discovered my new speciality: meteorologist of Mars ! 🙂
Thanks for your interest.
Jean-Marc Saliou
APAM astro club – France
Rome 15/02/2014
double Star
Refractor 102/1000 Sw
digital
Roma 15.02.2014
Stella doppia
Rifrattore 102/1000 Sw
Digitale
•Object Name: Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242).
•Object Type: Planetary Nebula.
•Location: San Miguel, Buenos Aires Argentina.
•Conditions: NELM 4.5. Good transparency, bad seeing.
•Date: 23/03/2014 11:00pm.
•Media: HB, 2B, blend stump and PS for color. Averted vision.
•Telescope: Meade LB 12″ on equatorial tracking platform.
•Eyepiece: SW TMB II 6mm and sometimes TV UHC filter.
Hi ASOD! This time I bring you all the Ghost of Jupiter from my backyard. It was a good night except for the poor seeing conditions. Some of the stars are down to mag 13-14 and the nebula, with averted vision, was excellent showing internal details at x254. Days later, at a star party, I could appreciate the full glory of nebula, the central star was like a pin and incredible details were easily seen at x254-x400 (no sketch, sorry!). Hope you like it!
Best regards, Leo.
This is my first ASOD and my first sketch of a moon crater.
Object Name: Copernicus Crater
Object Type: Lunar Crater
Location: Lisbon, Portugal (38º 44′ N 9º 30′ W)
Date: 10-03-2014
Media: graphite pencil
Equipment: ED doublet refractor, 80/720mm, (3.15″) F9; EP 6mm OR, 120x.
It was an exceptional night without wavering at this magnification, so I took a shot at it.
Clear skies
Bernardo Andrade
Hello. I send a new drawing.
Object Name: NGC 2516
Object Type: Open Cluster
Location: Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Date: 03/22/2014
Media: I used an A4 sheet and pencils 2B, B, H and HB. The image was then inverted and colored with Adobe Photoshop.
Crew: F900114 Helios Reflector Telescope
Ocular: 25mm Huygens
Greetings!
Hola. Evío un nuevo dibujo.
Nombre del objeto: NGC 2516
Tipo de objeto: Cúmulo Abierto
Ubicación: Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Fecha: 22/03/2014
Medios: Utilicé una hoja A4 y lápices 2B, B, H y HB. La imagen fue posteriormente invertida y coloreada con Adobe Photoshop.
Equipo: Telescopio reflector Helios F900114
Ocular: Huygens 25mm
Saludos!
Hello,
Two and a half hours of clear sky at 04.February 2014 were sufficient to hold the SN in M82 and take a long walk on the winter night sky.
After a tough cloud cover and then the mist had dissolved about 21:00 clock, I could start the observation with the TMB 115/805 Apo.
The supernova was a really great thing! Very bright and striking beamed the SN in the “cigar”. After a brief enjoyment, I started with the sketch!
Unfortunately, the review was only mediocre, so blurred finer structures of the galaxy almost. Nice to see was the interruption in M 82 and south two light specks.
CS Uwe
Object: Galaxy M82
Object Name: SN 2014J
Telescope: 115/805 TMB
Eyepiece: 6mm Baader Genuine Ortho
Magnification: about 110x
Location: near Tauberbischofsheim Germany
Lunar Terminator Near to the Western Limb
On Sunday evening I was getting a wonderful view of the lunar terminator near the western limb just a half day before full Moon. The favorable longitudinal libration of -04° 40’ was creating an opportunity to see craters along the terminator that are often poorly placed for viewing.
With storms on the way from the southwest this was a good evening to attempt a sketch. The calm before the arrival of storms often leaves the seeing fair to good as was the case on this night. Craters such as Vasco da Gama (99 km.), Bohr (73 km.), Dalton (63 km.), Balboa (71 km.) and part of Einstein (175 km.) were all seen. Craters Cardanus (51 km.) and Krafft (53 km.) and the crater chain (catena) between them were in bright sunlight. The views all along the terminator were magnificent.
Sketching:
For this sketch I used: black Strathmore 400 Artagain paper (9” x 12”), white and black Conte’
pastel pencils. In addition a small artist’s brush and powdered Conte’ white crayon was used for blending. Contrast was slightly increased (+2) using a scanner to better match the original.
Telescope: 13.1 inch f/ 5.9 Dobsonian and 6 mm eyepiece 327 X
Date: 02-25-2013, 04:00-06:30 UT
Temperature: 0.0° C (32° F)
Partly cloudy, calm
Seeing: Antoniadi III
Colongitude 86.9 °
Lunation 14.87 days
Illumination 99.5 %
Frank McCabe
• Object Name: NGC 2359 The Helmet Thor`s
• Object Type: Bright
• Location: Pueblonuevo de Bullaque España
• Date: January 25 2014
• Media: Graphite Pencil HB 2, torchon 1 and white paper
• inverted colors with GIMP 2.8
Observation notes:
80x TFOV 1º New 10” dob telescope.
Object Elevation +35 º. Nelm 6,3. 6º C. Moisture 82 º/º.
Pedro Villamiel.
Greetings to all visitors of this page. Pedro Villamiel Alcorcón, Madrid February 1 2014
