Black Sun

Black Sun
Black Sun

Hi all! I present to You a sketch made by a 9yo child, Her name is Wiktoria Janowska. I met Her at the Zelow Observatory a couple days ago. She’s very, very clever n lovely little woman. Well, sometimes her fantasy dominated over realism. She saw a lot of details, maybe a little too much 😀
I hope You like it 🙂

Wiktoria Janowska, 9yo
14.11.2012, 14:30-14:41UT
Zelow, Central Poland
White watercolor crayon on black paper
Coronado PST DS (with Lunt etalon filter)+ Baader Zoom MARK III

Best Wishes!
Wiktoria Janowska & Damian Kępiński (ASTROOKIE)

Latysev 2

Latysev 2
Latysev 2

Object: Latysev 2 (possible moving cluster, UMa)
Date: 14. March 2007.
UT.: –
Equipment: 10×80 TZK binocular
Mag.: 10x
FOV: 6˚ x 6˚
Observer: János Gábor Kernya
Location: Sükösd, Hungary

Latysev 2:
„This is a possible moving cluster of seven stars, first suggested by Latyshev (1977). It was identified by considering the space motion of several nearby (GJ, or Gliese Catalogue) stars in this area. The stars cover an area of 3˚ by 3,5˚, including primarily the line of four bright stars between ζ UMa (Mizar and Alcor) and the galaxy M101. These are 81, 83, 84 and 86 UMa. The other 3 stars are HR 5169, HD 234064, and HD 234073. The magnitude range is from V = 4.66 (83 UMa) to V = 10.3 (HD 234073), summing to V = 3.67 and B = 4.05.

Brent A. Archinal – Steven J. Hynes: Star Clusters
(Willmann-Bell, Inc.)

NGC 6781 and HCG 99

NGC 6781
NGC 6781

A brief window to observe the deeper sky was taken tonight as it was clear, dark early and with the moon not due to interfere until around 20.30ut.
As has become the norm, I was intent to grab another of the 100 Hickson groups, but before I did this and as Altair (Alpha Aquilae) was a stop off on my hopping progress up into Pegasus I took a look into Mark Bratton’s excellent Guide to the Herschel Objects to see what was local. I picked up on NGC 6781 which is a beautiful mag 11.8 planetary in Aquila with plenty of exquisite detail to enjoy. Compared to M57 the Ring Nebula in Lyra it is relatively large and faint, yet not so faint that it isn’t visible in smaller, say 8” telescopes, I feel it is more akin to the Helix nebula, though considerably smaller at 2.0′ diameter.
At 16.8 magnitude, the central star (a white dwarf) is clearly seen just off centre in my sketch, made using the 500mm mirror, Watec 120N+ video camera of course! Sketched in pencil on white and then inverted on the computer.
No time to spare, one sketch in the bag, yeeha!, with the Moon getting ever closer to the horizon, I pushed onto Hickson 99 there are 5 members in this group which is located just SW of Alpha Andromedae (Alpheratz) in the square of Pegasus.
(A) member UGC12897 mag 14.8 is extended N-S with a star on its southern tip. (B) UGC12899 is round fairly bright at mag 14.7 with a brighter nucleus. I find (C) PGC 58 to be the most interesting, it is a barred spiral and despite being only mag 15.6 I was able to see and capture arm structure in my sketch, amazing J (D) & (E) members PGC 60 & PGC 57 respectively at mag 17.1 & 17.6 are merely tiny smudges to the south of the 3 main members.
I was very pleased with this short and productive observing session, time to close up and return to the family & gardeners world indoors!
Dale

HGC 99
HGC 99

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

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Les Pléiades

Messier 45
Messier 45

M45, Les Pléiades
Open cluster + reflexion nebula
Mont d’ Or (1415m) , Rochejean, Franche-Comté, France.
november 14th 2012.
HB pencil on aquarel paper
inverted and colorized with Gimp 2.6

12″ f/4 Orion Optics dobsonian telescope
magnification : 49 X
Paracorr + Astroprofessional UWA 28 mm field 82°

Very transparent sky.

Intruder in The Hunter

Orion and Meteor
Orion and Meteor

Object: Orion
Type: Constellation
Location: La Verne, CA
Date: 10-19-12; 5:50 AM
Media: No. 2 pencil; white paper; Uni Ball black pen

This is an excellent view of the constellation from the city. The intruder is a meteor that streaked through, it was white. Also visible is M42.

thanks for looking

Justin Balderrama
theyoungastronomer.wordpress.com

Crater Clavius

Clavius Crater
Clavius Crater

Hello friends artists,how are you? I sent you my last sketch of Moon
after some days of fog and humidity,the sky was opaque.
After this days ,finally,the sky was clear on zenit,some little light
fog on the horizon.I take my “old”refractor Kenko 80 1000 and with
surprise,i see the Moon very steady,incredible,the seeing perfect
and,thanks of this situation,i made the sketch of great crater
Clavius.Incredible the little particulars that i see….one thanks also
to my refractor,perfect for this observation.
I hope like you.
Ciao,Giorgio.

Sitre:Pergola,265 m. over level sea
Date: 24-25 October 2012 from 10,30 p.m. to 00,08 p.m.
Lunar phase: crescent(9,7 days)
Instrument:Refractor Kenko 80/1000
Eyepiece and magnification: 12,4mm erfle and barlow 2x(161x)
Seeing.Excelent
Temperature: No cold, humidity.

Full Sketch Sheet of Clavius Crater
Full Sketch Sheet of Clavius Crater

The Intergalactic Wanderer

NGC 2419
NGC 2419

Object Name: NGC 2419
Location: RA: 07h 38m 56.9s, Dec: +38 ° 51 ’17 ”
Magnitude: 10.4
Constellation Lynx.
Type: Globular Cluster.
Location: Bonilla. Cuenca. SPAIN
Date: March 24, 2012.
Time: 20:30 T.U.
Materials used: Graphite pencil on white paper. Inverted image and processed with Photoshop.
Telescope Celestron S/C 8″ Mount Cgt-5
Eyepiece: 13 mm Hyperion; Magnification: 155x.
Conditions: Estimating Limiting Magnitude : 5.5 (Charts nº 9); Temp.: 7.8 ° C; Humidity 51%; Calm.

More information on NGC 2419: http://astrodibujo.blogspot.com

Monster Prominence

Solar Prominence - July 27, 2012
Solar Prominence - July 27, 2012

Object Name: Prominence
Object Type: Large plasma eruption on the solar surface
Location: Deventer, The Netherlands
Date: July 27, 2012
Media: White pastel pencil on black paper

This morning I aimed my 70mm solar telescope at the sun and I almost got blown away by what I saw. I GIANT prominence on the north eastern limb. I hovered above the surface like a huge dragon. I made a sketch with white pastels on black paper, color added and orientation-flip with Photoshop.

Clear skies!

Roel Weijenberg,
Deventer, The Netherlands
www.roelblog.nl