Scorpius
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Object type: constellation
Location: Itajobi, SP, Brazil (on a farm)
21º19′ S
49º03′ W
+450m
Date: July 2011
Media: 2B 0.5mm graphite pencil on white paper, scanned then inverted
Instrument: naked eye and 10×50 binoculars
Observer: Rodrigo Pasiani Costa
July 2011 was definitely a great month for me to observe the night sky. In fact it didn’t rain at all, so I could set my telescope on my mom’s farm several times. I spent many hours a night observing, sometimes from seven pm (local time) untill half past trhee am (local time), and I would be alone if not for a mate: Scorpius, high above in the sky, always looking at me from the top, crossing from East to West through the zenit. So, between one object and another, I skethed this fascinating constellation together with some of its stellar clusters and nebulosity. The details were observed with a 10×50 binoculars, but the stars and the Milky Way were observed with the naked eye. I hope you enjoy it, it took me three or four nights, and was a great experience.
Oh, I could not forget. Past September 24th was the 18th birthday of my friend Camila. Happy birthday, Camila, enjoy the great dark sky you have from your garden.
More July sketches coming soon.
Dark skies to everybody.
From Brazil,
Rodrigo P. C.
Rodrigo,
Beautiful sketch of the scorpion.
I’m trying to picture what it would be like to see it overhead.
Frank 🙂
Rodrigo,
This is very nice, wide and laborious sketch.
I want more works like this one!
Marek
Thanks, Frank, and I can assure you it’s amazing having Scorpion in the zenith, you should see it at least once in life!
Marek, thanks for the praise, I have some more sketches from the same place, and they’ll be sent soon.