Category: Star Clusters

Great Nebula in Carina

Carina Nebula - NGC 3372, NGC3293 and NGC 3324
Carina Nebula – NGC 3372, NGC3293 and NGC 3324

Object name: NGC 3372, NGC3293 and NGC 3324
Object type: Emission nebula, open clusters
Location: Bogotá, Colombia.
Date: March-2013
Media: Graphite pencil on white paper. Scanned, inverted and processed with photoshop.
Equipment: Celestron skymaster 15X70 Binoculars

Hello all,

I don`t really remember which day of March I started doing this sketch, but the day I started it, the moon was high in the sky so I postponed the sketch to catch the most number of stars possible in this vaste region of the sky. However, I had to postpone the sketch for forever due to the cloudy weather and finally I decided to proceed with the information I had.

I started this sketch with no information about the deep sky objects I was watching. I saw a column very rich with stars, most of them unresolved with the binoculars and forming a vaste region denser and whiter than the LP background sky. I also noticed two groups of stars close to the column (NGC 3372): NGC3293 and NGC 3324. The best out of the three was without doubt NGC3293: just 7 stars could be resolved well, but the whole cluster seemed to shimmer and glow.

This region seems to be a hard one to sketch, but I would like try to sketch it again from a less light polluted site.

Thanks to all for watching.

Rosette Nebula

Rosette Nebula
Rosette Nebula

Hi all!

I made an observation about Rosette nebula with my 10X50 binoculars. This is a digital drawing, but I hope you like it! 🙂

Date: 2012-01-05 20:33UT
Object: NGC2237-2238 (open cluster and nebula)
Location: Nagyvarsány/Hungary (N: 48°09’37” E: 22°16’46”)
Temperature: -2°C (windy)
My blog: www.viktorcsehdraws.blogspot.com

Clear skies!

Viktor

A Beaded Cluster

Messier 38
Messier 38

Hello Artists!

When I sketching, usually I use black paper and jelly pen.

How can I do the more realistic expression?

The open cluster is glittering in the black sky.

So I thought that I can express this glittered stars with the beads!

How is this work?

http://www.nightflight.or.kr/xe/files/attach/images/25489/227/090/938569eb3df65d19a9f2e186d763a4f2.jpg

(Please watch by the large-sized display with most bright mode)

Original Sketch link (Black paper & White pen)
http://www.nightflight.or.kr/xe/files/attach/images/25489/530/060/51788857dd4c2693072de783d82f680a.jpg

Object : M38 (OC in Auriga)

Location : South Korea

Media : Swarovski crystal beads, Black felt

Nightwid 無雲

Messier 13

Messier 13
Messier 13

Object Name : M13
Object Type : The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
Location : But-gogae Yangdong-myeon Yangpyeong-gun Gyeonggi-do South.KOREA
Date : 2013.5.1 thursday
Media : A4 paper, HB pencil
Equipment : 12.5′ dobsonian, XW 14mm
Observing conditions : Clear sky
I could identify propeller in M13
Spent a hour to sketch, 24:00 ~ 01:00

Double cluster in Perseus

Double cluster in Perseus NGC 869 and NGC 884
Double cluster in Perseus NGC 869 and NGC 884

Object name: Double cluster in Perseus NGC 869 and NGC 884
Object type: Open cluster
Location: Bogotá, Colombia.
Date: 06-NOV-2012
Media: Graphite pencil and yellow notebook paper. Scanned and inverted.
Equipment: 15X70 Binoculars

Hello all,

Since June of the last year i started this hobbie to sketch the objects i saw from my very light polluted area. As a begginer i think is a good way to learn and memorize the sky. This page and also ronys site are my favorites and i would like to make a page like that. Unfortunately i still have some problems trying to make better my sketches by using photoshop.

This sketch was performed on 3 nights of observation and it was easy to find from deltha Cas because my view of Perseus is obstructed by my neighbor building. In the denses areas of the cluster i can not resolve the stars but they together are seen like an clearer area compared with the reddish/blue (becasue LP) background.

Thanks to all for watching.