Astronomy Sketch of the Day – Page 101 – Drawings and sketches of an astronomical nature

NGC 7635 – The Bubble Nebula

2012 08 16, 1730 UT

NGC7635/Sharpless 162/Caldwell 11/Bubble Nebula

Emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia, 23h 20.7m, +61°12´, 15´x8´

Distance: ~11 kly, apparent magnitude: ~10.

Erika Rix – Liberty Hill, Texas

www.pcwobservatory.com
16” Zhumell reflector f/4.5 on a non-tracking Dobsonian mount, Baader Planetarium Hyperion 8-24mm Mark III (75-225x magnification)

80°F, 69% H, 5.8 SSE winds, clear, Pickering 6, T 2/6

Discovered in 1787 by William Herschel, this emission nebula lies SW of open cluster M52 and west of open cluster Czernik 43. It lies at heart of 8th magnitude star TYC4279-1582-1 where two imaginary lines form a cross-shaped star pattern with 7th magnitude HIP115198 at the top (southwest), TYC4279-930-1 (northeast), TYC4279-381-1 (southeast), and TYC4279-1203-1 (northwest).

75x magnification: At first glance, the 7th magnitude star to the SW drowned out any nebulosity of NGC7635. My only certainty that I was in the right area was by knowing the star pattern and where NGC7635 was located within it. The use of an OIII filter brought out a faint, clear circular glow around the 8th magnitude star.

225x magnification: Without the OIII, there was a faint circular glow with no definitive structure. With the OIII and adverted vision, the nebula was elongated north to south and extended more to the NW with some darkened areas within it. The edges were diffuse.

Sketches created with AL template, #2 graphite pencil, loaded blending stump with charcoal, super-fine Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen “S”, 0.5mm mechanical pencil.

Partial Solar Eclipse – August 1, 2008

Hey, I send my drawing of a solar eclipse in August 2008. Eclipse was seen in Poland as a partial. In some parts of the world, it was complete. Since we have completed four years of this beautiful phenomenon, I want to bring these beautiful memories. Although the phase of maximum eclipse in Poland amounted to only about 40% of it was my najpiękniesze of solar eclipses. In Poland Psary eclipse started at 10:55, then there was a phase maximum at 11:49 and at 12:43 finally eclipse ended.
Hours are given during the summer in Poland. Despite the lapse of four years, still treasure the unforgettable moments for which I thank God.
Thanks and best regards

Daniel Stasiak
Object name, date: Solar eclipse of 1 August 2008
Location Psary in Poland
Instrument: Black Filter
Media: Pencil, compass and a yellow crayon

Philipsdam Conjunction

Dear ASOD,

Here is my ASOD contribution for ASOD. My drawing subjects should have been the 11 August Perseïdes meteor shower but…They Perseïdes were a bit disappointing on this special night. But there was something else the beautiful conjunction between-on my drawing from left to right- Venus, Moon, Jupiter and Aldebaran. This drawing/impression was made from the Philipsdam in the Netherlands in the night of 11 of August.
I hope you like it.

Regards, Hans Braakmann.

Orion’s Great Nebula

Hey Artists!

I send you “the great nebula in Orion”, M. 42, restaurated from my org. watercolorcrayon
org. sketch to a pencil and pen on white paper (inverted). Info on the sketch!
This is the most beautiful D.S- object seen from Trondheim, Norway.
I used a medium power on my scope to observ the central part with the four “Trapezium- stars”.
Hope you like the sketch!

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Spectacular Perseids

Object Name: Perseids
Object Type: Annular meteor shower
Location: Lochem, The Netherlands
Date: August 12, 2012
Media: Black and white pastel (pencil) on navy blue paper

The peak of the Perseid meteor shower occurs at noon from my longitude, so the best period to observe the meteors would this morning before dawn. I took a comfortable chair and my sketching materials to my favorite observing site to sketch as much meteors as possible. At the eve of my obseving session I already prepared the layout for the sketch: a starry sky (with the brightest stars as visible around the observing time) and a bit of a horizon. At the site I drew the meteors and the fainter stars at the right position.

Despite it was still hours before the real maximum, it was a spectacle! A lot of bright meteors, some with smoke trails. Sadly I missed some of the brightest because I was busy sketching a fainter one…

Clear skies!

Roel Weijenberg
www.roelblog.nl

2012 Perseids

Object Name (Perseids)
Object Type (Shower)
Location (Néoules Provence France)
Date (6 – 12 august 2012)
Media (graphite pencil, white paper, inverted with paint.net)

Here join a sketch I made during the Perseid activity, from august 6th ‘till the morning of august 12th. In fact it’s a sketch compilation of all traces I observed.

From the meteors collected (6.5h observation time), I made a small animation video : http://youtu.be/VrthFcEU4cg

Clear sky to you all !

Michel Deconinck

Site Web: http://www.aquarellia.com

Marathon M24

Hello!

I made a marathon sketch in the past month; I drew the M24 and the environment. It was very hard work, but it is also interesting. In the drawing are visible these objects: M24 star-cloud, NGC6603 the popular open cluster in M24, M18 open cluster, M17 Omega nebula, NGC6561 diffuse nebula, Ic1283 diffuse nebula, NGC6589 open cluster, Sharpless-35 diffuse nebula and Barnard 92-93 dark nebulae. My next target of the Scutum star-cloud… 🙂

Observation time: 2012 July-August (a lot of nights)
Equipment used: 10X50 binoculars
Field of view: 6° (360′)
Location: Nagyvarsány/Hungary
Observer: Viktor Cseh

Check my blog: http://viktorcsehdraws.blogspot.hu/

All the best, and clear skies!

Viktor

Astronomy Camp – Daylight Moon

The L.C. Bates Museum in Hinckley, Maine received a NASA SOI (Summer of Inquiry) Grant this summer, and astronomy camp was held this past week. Twelve campers, age eight to twelve, observed the sun’s photosphere (whitelight) and chromosphere (h-alpha), put together a Gallileoscope, flew a 5′ tall Montgolfier-inspired hot-air balloon, constructed Alexander-Graham-Bell-type tetrahedron-cell kites (flying machines), learned how to measure a celestial object’s altitude and azimuth, and made the attached drawing after a daytime observation of our moon. The sketch was made from a projected image of our daylight observation.

Submmitted by John Stetson

Rocking Horse Cluster

Hello , very quickly here with an observation from last night, early this morning for your interest, I have pasted my blog to cover all details.

This is rather in haste as I’m off on holiday early tomorrow. Clear Skies, Dale

Blog Thursday August 9th

Here I go with a really quick blog, a lovely sunny day gave way to a clear if hazy evening sky. With garden watering, allotment grass cutting and poly tunnel watering completed, not to mention a very enjoyable Harmonica lesson in town it was time for stars J

I didn’t intend it to be a long one, just one sketch would be fine, I had in mind an open cluster that Sue French had detailed in her latest & current Sky & Telescope Deep Sky column, NGC 6910 in Cygnus, known as the ‘Rocking Horse cluster’ it lies very close to Gamma Cygni in the direction of Deneb. Bright at mag 7.5 and fairly large at 10’, it showed up nicely on the monitor using the original 120N Watec running through an 80mm Stellarvue finder scope, visually attractive through my 6” refractor at 51x where direct vision showed the brighter members forming the distinctive if upside down rocking horse, using averted vision but many more stars into view and gave the central region a real mistiness from many fainter suns. I agree with Sue I see the 2 bright stars as wheels rather than a rocker, although a little imagination can add the curve of the rocker in ones mind.

The sketch I made using the 503mm mirror and later Watec 120N+ camera gives a detailed view but perhaps one lacking perspective due to the narrower fov. See my sketch here

Close up quickly 01.30 local time, work in only a few hours, and so to bed, happy, Dale

Kind regards, Dale

Do you want to know more about my interest in astronomy? If so take a look at my Website: http://www.chippingdaleobservatory.com/

Keep up to date with observations from Chippingdale Observatory by reading the Blog http://chippingdaleobservatory.com/blog/

Planet Meets a Cluster

Hello everyone.
I’d like to show you my sketch of one of the most beautiful phenomenons I’ve ever seen. I mean Venus meeting the M45 cluster. I was very pleased because one day earlier the weather was horrible (clouds, clouds and more clouds :D) but at conjunction day the sky was without even one cloud.
Despite the full moon, the Pleiades were clearly visible and also Venus phase was visible too. It was so awesome sight…

Object Type: Conjunction
Location: Płaza, Poland
Date: 03.04.2012
Media: graphite pencil, white paper, inverted