Messier 81 and 82
By Maciej Mącidym
Hello All! This is my sketch of two bright galaxy in to the Ursa Major constellation. This is a sketch from my archive.
Object Name – M81 and M82
Object Type – double galaxy
Location Poland – Chlebna
Date 20 march. 2010
Media Graphite pencil. Inverted
Constellation – Ursa Maior
Limit Magnitude – 6.6
Equipment – SW 130/900 Newtonian + k25mm
Messier 51 (NGC 5194, 5195)
Sketch and Details by Mariano Gibaja
Object Name: M 51 (NGC 5194-5195)Whirlpool in Canes Venatici constellation.
Object Type: (Galaxy type Sc)
Location: Bonilla (Cuenca) SPAIN
Date: April 10, 2010; UT: 21;30
Medium used: Graphite pencil, white paper. Photoshop:inverted
Equipment used: SCT 8″ (Mag.64X)
NGC 5291
Sketch and Details by Scott Mellish
NGC 5291/”Seashell Galaxy” MCG -5-33-5
Interacting galaxies
Centaurus
Ilford NSW Australia
21/02/10
56cm f5.0 Dobsonian telescope
Field: 15′
Magnification: 314x
Sky Quality Meter reading: 21:60
Black Canford paper
White pen
White pastel chalk
Soft white pencil
White oil pencil
This strange little pair of galaxies first came to my attention many years ago when I purchased the lovely coffee table book “Exploring The Southern Sky” by Laustsen-Madsen-West. On page 106 there is a lovely negative image showing why the companion to NGC 5291 is called the “Seashell”.
In my 56cm dob it is a struggle to discern any hint of the unusual shape of this object even with averted vision. However this is a very interesting tight pairing and they both viewed quite easily in the 56cm dob.
Both objects I believe are classed as disturbed S0 type.
MCG-5-33-5 is the object to the left of the brighter NGC 5291 as seen in the sketch.
Also of note is the very faint galaxy PGC 4887, this galaxy can be barely seen about 7′ further to the left of NGC 5291/Seashell almost to the edge of the field.
The whole region surrounding this pair is strewn with numerous galaxies of varying brightness and size, all of which are part of the IC 4329 cluster.
I recommend those interested visit the CDS or NED databases if you wish to view the “Seashell” in greater detail.
Scott Mellish
NGC 7582, NGC 7590 and NGC 7599
Sketch and Details by Serge Vieillard
During his stay at LaPalma in October of 2009 Serge began one of his nights examining galaxies in the constellation of Grus, the southern crane using the 16″ telescope (T400-c). This constellation is packed with galaxies including this group of three in one field of view: NGC 7582, NGC 7590 and NGC 7599. A fourth member of this group of spiral galaxies (NGC 7552) is outside the eyepiece field of view and therefore is not included in this sketch. All four of these interacting galaxies are known as the Grus Quartet.
Object: NGC 7582, NGC 7590 and NGC7599 – Artist: Serge Vieillard – Sketch Date: October 2009 – Sketch Location: La Palma in the Canary Islands
Translation by Frank McCabe
M81, NGC 3034, the “Cigar Galaxy”
Sketch and details by Miłosz Guzowski
Hi,
today I send you sketch of M82 – “broken cigar galaxy”.
Object name: M82
Object type: Galaxy
Location: Białuty (Poland)
Date: 21/22.08.2009
Scope: 10″ newtonian + ploosl 10mm (mag. 120x)
Medium : Graphite/blending stump on white paper + GIMP processing
M31, M32, M110 The Great Andromeda Galaxy and satellite galaxies
Sketch and Details by Milosz Guzowski
Hi,
Today I want to present my late-summer sketch of M31, M32 and M 110
Object Name: M31, M32, M110
Object Type: Galaxies
Location: Białuty (Poland)
Date: 23/24.08.2009
Scope: 10″ newtonian + ploosl 30mm (mag. 40x)
Medium : Graphite/blending stump on white paper + GIMP processing
NGC 7769, NGC 7770 and NGC 7771 Galaxies in Pegasus
Sketch and Details by Ferenc Lovró
I’ve sketched this fantastic trio of galaxies during the Meteor Star Party 2009 in Tarján, Hungary. The two larger ones are the face-on NGC 7769 and the edge-on 7771, both with softly brightening cores. Next to 7771 a small fuzzy object is visible, which surprises me, since my printed star map (TriAtlas B, with a limiting magnitude of about 12) shows no other objects than the two large galaxies at this area of sky. But as I can clearly make out this bright diffuse spot, I place it on the sketch and can’t wait to find out what I really saw. It turns out to be the NGC 7770, another faint galaxy of 13.6m. This value I find a bit misleading, because visually its surface is not this much fainter than its two larger companion galaxies. This discovery makes me really happy, just like when I rediscovered NGC 5981 of the Draco Trio. SQM reading: 20.91 m/arcsec^2.
Sketching:
Constellation: Pegasus
Right ascension: 23h 52m; Declination: 20° 10′
Date/time: 2009.08.20 21:30 UT
Equipment: 12″ f/5 Newtonian
FoV: 32′ Magnification and filter(s): 100x
Seeing: 4/10 Transparency: 5/5
Observer: Ferenc Lovró
Location: Tarján, Hungary
M31 (224) and M32 (NGC 221)
Sketch and Details by Ignisdei (Robert Twarogal)
Hi!
I made a sketch of the most popular pair of galaxies: M31 and M32.
Yesterday in my garden the NELM was about 5 mag , but in the zenith – it
slightly increased.
M31 was nicely visible to the naked eye.
Sketch took me about 45 minutes,
Sincerely yours
Robert
Object Name: M31 amd M32
Object Type (Galaxy)
Location (Oborniki, suburbia, Poland)
Date (19-11-2009)
Equipment: Meade LB12? + WO SWAN 40mm and 25mm
Autor: Ignisdei (Robert Twarogal)
M31 and M32, The Great Andromeda Galaxy and Satellite Galaxy
Sketch and Details by Chris Lee
Object Name : M31 and M32
Object Type : Galaxy
Location Bristol, UK
Date: 17th Oct 2009
Sketched at the scope (Nexstar 8SE) and modifed using Photoshop
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did sketching it!
Chris
Arp86 (NGC7752 and 7753); interacting galaxy pair in Pegasus
Sketch and Details by Jeff Young
Number 86 from Halton Arp’s catalog of peculiar galaxies, this interacting pair is a bit like a miniature M51. An arm extends out from the left of the core of the larger galaxy (through the dim field star) and then curves down to meet the smaller companion at right angles to its elongation. Sadly, this arm was too dim to record with my instrument.
Arp86 (NGC7752 and 7753); interacting galaxy pair in Pegasus
HB pencil on Daler-Rowney cartridge paper; scanned and inverted in Photoshop
16” f/10 Mak-Cass on AP1200GTO mount; 17mm T4 Nagler; 235X
Sketched from County Louth, Ireland
