Saturn, February 13, 2002
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth, text by Rich Handy
Per-Jonny Bremseth’s beautiful 2002 rendition of Saturn with wide open rings contrasts with it’s current almost closed appearance. The nearly edge on view of the rings we have now will, over the course of a few years, open the ring plane up again for our appreciation of it’s wonders.
M42, The Great Orion Nebula
Sketch and Details by Themis Karterhs (ΕΥΘΥΜΙΟΣ ΚΑΡΤΕΡΗΣ), text by Rich Handy
Greek amateur astronomer Themis Karterhs’ (ΕΥΘΥΜΙΟΣ ΚΑΡΤΕΡΗΣ) sketch is remarkable for it’s beauty, subtlety and accuracy. This intricate emission nebula is a challenging object for even the seasoned astronomical artist, so seeing it done so well as a first effort is quite wonderful.
Hi this is my M42 i am new in sketches Thank
Themis Karterhs (ΕΥΘΥΜΙΟΣ ΚΑΡΤΕΡΗΣ)
Object Name M42
Object Type Emission nebula
Location Kitheron mounten Greece
Date 30 January 21:45 Greece time
NGC 1977, The Running Man Nebula in Orion
Sketch and Details by Jeff Young
At first I was somewhat disappointment with this sketch, as I only managed to capture about 1/2 the nebulosity that O’Meara did in his “Hidden Treasures” — and he was using all of 4″ of aperture (albeit from under pristine skies and with the advantage of altitude).
On the other hand, my considerable focal length (4000mm) is more similar to instruments of the 19th C, and if you equate my light pollution to their poorer-quality optics, then my sketch goes a long way toward demonstrating why Herschel (and later Dreyer) gave this nebula 3 separate designations (NGC 1973, 1975, 1977).
In any case, one draws what one sees, not what one should see.
Running Man Nebula / NGC1973, 1975, 1977
Reflection nebula in Orion
Sketched Jan 28, 2009 from County Louth, Ireland,
as viewed through 16” Mak-Cass @ 150X; Pickering 7, NELM 5, SQM 20.4
Daler-Rowney HB Graphic pencil on white 160gsm cartridge paper. Scanned and inverted in Photoshop.
— Jeff.
Almach (Gamma Andromedae) a colorful double star
Sketch and Details by Sebastian Lehner
Almach – Colorful Double
Object Name: Gamma Andromedae, Almach
Object Type: Double Star
Location: Erbendorf, Bavaria
Date: July 22nd 2007
The double star system Gamma Andromedae – or Almach – as it is also
called, is always worth a visit, when it is riding high in the sky
during long autumn nights. The couple provides a wonderfully rich color
contrast with the main component glowing in a golden-orange and the
smaller component in a blue-green color. The two stars, which are 350
light years away, are seperated by approximately 10 arcseconds and
can thus be easily viewed even with smaller telescopes.
The drawing was made with pencils on white paper, then scanned and
processed digitally in photoshop.
The telescope used was a TAL 6″ f/5 Newtonian on a Vixen GP mount.
Sebastian
January Waxing Crescent Moon
Sketch and Details by Frank McCabe
January Waxing Crescent Moon
As January comes to a close, I must say I am happy to see it going away. We have been having a cold and snowy winter so far with very few clear nights. However tonight I saw the sunset with Venus appearing about the same time and a beautiful two and one half day old crescent moon about 7% illuminated. As twilight deepened the earthshine presented itself quite well. Temperatures here near Chicago remain well below freezing so I made this observation out my kitchen bay window without the benefit of optical aid. By the time I gathered my sketching material the moon was already beginning to sink behind a few basswood trees along my line of sight. The moon was impressive and the comfort of indoor warmth made for ideal sketching climate.
Sketching:
Naked eye sketch out a large window
For this sketch I used: dark blue construction paper, 11”x 9”, white and black Conte’pastel pencils and a blending stump, for templating the moon as a circle I used a salt shaker bottom.. Brightness was slightly decreased after scanning.
Date: 1-28-2009 11:10-11:40 UT
clear skies
Lunation: 2.64 days
Illumination: 7 %
Frank McCabe
Solar prominences 2009 Feb 05, 1655UT – 1725UT
Sketch and Details by Erika Rix
2009 Feb 05, 1655UT – 1725UT
Solar prominences in h-alpha
PCW Memorial Observatory, Zanesville, Ohio USA
Erika Rix
DS 60mm Maxscope, LXD75, 21-7mm Zhumell
Sketch created scopeside with black Strathmore Artagain paper, white Conte’ crayon and pencil, white Prang watercolor pencil.
Temp: -6.4C, Humidity 49%
Seeing: Wilson 3, Transparency: poor
Mostly clear with thin layers of cirrus, Winds: 3.5mph SSW
Alt: 23.7, Az: 139.1
There was an area that I suspected was a new AR just NW of center while observing in h-alpha. It appeared to have two small plage with a single tiny sunspot to the west of them. After pulling out the ETX70 with a white light filter, all that I could see were moments of visible granulation and there were neither faculae nor pores to be seen.
To the south, in h-alpha, there was a very bright smaller prom with several tiny fingers of proms around it. Heading about 30 degrees west around the limb I noticed a thick medium sized prom that was very faint and the base of it was nearly impossible to see.
On the NW limb were two slender proms that on closer inspection it was obvious that they were actually one intricate arch of a prominence with delicate tendrils attaching at different points within it. A filament was visible to the north of it, nearly reaching to the limb.
Other than a short thick filament to the north about 15 degrees in from the limb, as well as a few tiny proms not already mentioned, I just soaked in the surface view and called it a day.
NGC 2841 in Ursa Major
Sketch and Details by Marek Płonka
Sketch information:
My sketch shows NGC 2841 in Ursa Major.
NGC 2841 is an inclined unbarred spiral galaxy. It is approximately 46
million light years distant.
Even using averted vision I wasn’t able to see more clear view. But I am
lucky guy, because a few minutes after I had finished the draw, the clouds
came.
I am sure, I will be visiting this galaxy again. I hope, it is possible
to see the bright core in my 8-inch scope in better air condition.
Object name: NGC 2841
Scope: Skywather dobs 1200/200 + 24mm Panoptic + 32mm SWA
Place: Poland, Silesia, Skrzyszów
Seeing: 6/10 Transparency: 3/5
Date and time: 2009-01-25 19.30
Technique: Pencil + GIMP
Author: Marek Płonka (Poland, Silesia)
Comet C/1995 01 Hale-Bopp
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth
Object: C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)
Object Type: Comet
Artist: Per-Jonny Bremseth
Date: March 16, 1997
Location: Norway
Media: Water soluble crayons on custom made paper, inverted digitally
Cassini, Aristillus, Autolycus craters and part of the Caucasus Mountains.
Sketch and Details by Aleksander Cieśla
Hello. This is my next sketch of the Lunar surface. On this sketch: Cassini, Aristillus, Autolycus craters and part of the Caucasus Mountains.
Object: Moon. Cassini, Aristillus, Autolycus craters and Caucasus Montes
Scope: Schmidt-Cassegrain 5” + barlow 2x + Antares SW 7,4mm
Magnification: about 338x
Place: Poland, Wroclaw – near city center
Weather: Not good. Seeing 5/10. Light Pollution. Light clouds.
Date: 2 February 2009
Technique: Black & White pastels on black paper
Tooling: N/A
Solar Prominences at PA 120 degrees on February, 3rd, 2009
Sketch and Details by Erika Rix
2009 Feb 03
Solar
PCW Memorial Observatory, Zanesville, Ohio USA, Lat 40.01/Long -81.56 Erika Rix
What first appeared as a loop close to PA 120 degrees, became a beautiful structure with intricate fingers creating an arch. Then looking to south of it in my view (which would be heading north solar orientation wise) was a very large, faint addition to the prominence. Thankfully seeing was good enough today to increase the magnification for a closer look. It topped out close to 57x mag at Wilson’s scale of 4.
I used Strathmore Artagain, Conte’ crayon and pencil, Prang watercolor pencil. I took a photo of it in the shade rather than using the scanner. It seems to reproduce the black paper sketches best for me.
The solar graphic was from the Tilting Sun program.
