Hello,
after many moon-sketches and planet pictures, I decided that it´s time to draw a deep-sky-object. A very interesting globular cluster ist Messier 71 in Sagitta.
It is my first globular cluster and I needed about half an hour to fix the brighter stars around the object. After this the finer stars followed in the center of M 71.
It demanded a high concentration, but I’m happy about the result.
So here is my Messier 71.
Best greetings Uwe
2012 08 20, 1017 UT – NGC1907 and M38/NGC1912
Erika Rix – Liberty Hill, Texas
www.pcwobservatory.com
AT6RC f/9 1370mm, LXD75, 13mm Ethos, 105x
70F, 71% H, calm/clear, Pickering 6, T 2/6
NGC1907
Open cluster in the constellation Auriga containing 30+ stars, 05h 28.0m, +35deg19´, 0.6´, m8.2v, distance 4500 ly
M38/NGC1912
Open cluster in the constellation Auriga containing 100+ stars, 05h 28.7m, +35deg50´, 20´, m6.4v, distance 4200 ly, calculated diameter 21 ly.
M38 is located within 2.3 degrees of M36 and was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 then independently discovered by Le Gentil in 1749. Messier later catalogued it in 1764. It’s a beautiful open cluster of approximately 100 member stars that forms almost an obtuse isosceles triangle with Elnath and Theta Aurigae. It was only after sketching this beauty that I noticed an “X” asterism within it. Turning my sketch upside down, the “cross” was very evident with a pair of stars in each arm of the cross.
I opted to use my 100 degree apparent field of view 13mm Ethos for this observation specifically so that I could include NGC1907 in the same field of view as its northern companion, M38. At 105x magnification, this small compact open cluster resembles a stellar lenticular galaxy set in the middle and slightly south of stars HIP25476 (giant at 6.5m) and HIP25733 (variable multiple star at 6.75m). There are close to 30 9th to 12th magnitude stars within it, but I could only plot around 10 within the hazy backdrop of this cluster at 105x magnification using the 6-inch RC. With more aperture and a small increase in magnification, an observer will be able to pick out close to 30 stars and star chains within this object.
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.
I used my 130 mm newtonian to sketch the well known M33, a bright member of the Local Group. I observed the galaxy for at least two hours and after that I started to draw. Due to incoming clouds I had to stop, but six days later I had the oppertunity to finish my sketch.
The transparancy was quite well, so the limiting magnitude became 6.5.
Object name: M33
Object type: Spiral galaxy
Location: Uddel, the Netherlands
Date: 13/17 October 2012
Equipment: 130 mm f/5 newtonian on EQ2 with a Baader Hyperion 8 mm.
Media: white paper, 6B, 4B, 2B pencils and a rubber.
Thanks for watching.
Best regards and clear skies!
Hello,
Sun sketch made on 18 October 2011 at 12:30–13:30UT in Bełchatów, PL with a Lunt Ls 35Tha & Baader Zoom MARK III. I used watercolor crayon on black paper (colored in GIMP).
Colors added for better effect:)
Best Wishes,
Damian Kępiński
My name is Maksymilian Novak-Zemplinski and I’d like to show what I can see through my new baby Newtonian reflector Pablitus 22″.
Best regards
MNZ
Oject name: M42 The Orion Nebula
Object type: nebula
Location: Tulowice , Poland
Date: 14 October 2012
Media: Acrylic/oil on panel
Equipment: Newtonian reflector dob PABLITUS 22″ f-3,75, Tele Vue Ethos 10mm eyepiece, Astronomik UHC filter
Seeing: 8/10
Hallo
This is my first moon-sketch. Therefore i choosed a region with less details. So i picked the craters Diophantus and Delisle. The mountain crest below Delisle showed a quite interesting shadow. A nice view also offered a small crater, lying in the shadow of Diophantus.
Object Name: Diophantus and Delisle
Object Type: Lunar Crater
Location: Carinthia – Austria
Date: 3.3.2012
Media: Graphite pencil on white paper. A little bit of afterwork with Gimp2.
NGC 4565 – Galaxy of the Needle – spiral galaxy, seen in profile. Made Bonilla-Cuenca (Spain), on May 19, 2012.
Hello, for me this object is most beautiful galaxies in the sky. Their symmetry and uniform brightness I like.
Sketch done with pencil and processed with Gimp II.
Greetings to all and congratulations on the website.
Pedro Villamiel. Alcorcón-Madrid 13/10/2012
Object: M31 Andromeda Galaxy
Object type: spiral galaxy
Location: La Verne, CA
Date: 9-16-12
Media: white computer paper, No.2 pencil, pen
Description:
Naked eye 1x- Just seen as a faint elongated smudge. Core is obvious
41x- Very bright, extremely large and has 3 levels of brightness. M110 is easily seen at 7:00, as well as stellar M32 at 2:00. Mottling is everywhere, and the inner dust lane can be glimpsed. Increasing the power will reveal a round structure near the core.
by Justin Balderrama
theyoungastronomer.wordpress.com
Hello ARTISTS! All o.k.? this is one of two last sketches of Moon made in two consecutive days behind my home.This first sketch i was made for testing the collimation of my C8 after the accidental fall…..on the grass fortunately!!! the scope was in order and i take this opportunity for made my sketch after one month.I hope like you….
Ciao a tutti!!
Giorgio.
Location : Pergola ,Marche Region,Center Italy at 293m of altitude.
Date: 2 October 2012
Lunar Phase: 16,9days
Instrument:S.C.Celestron c8
Magnification:161x
Eyepiece: 12,4mm erfle
Seeing:Good,turbulence at the end
Temperature:Light cold,no wind.
Despite the fact that from day to day Saturn is lowering on the sky I decided to make a new sketch of this planet. I was sketching it in December so desire was double. Saturn always looks beautiful especially when its rings are at the appropriate angle like now. But of course that angle is still increasing. On my sketch I tried to show how the planet looks in the eyepiece. Have I done it right? Judge by yourselves.
Object Name: Saturn
Object Type: Planet
Location: Płaza, Poland
Date: 05.07.2012
Media: graphite pencil, white paper
