A Small Meeting in Leo
By Łukasz Sujka (Mars, Messier 95 and 96)
- March 24th, 2012
- Posted in Galaxy . Graphite Pencil . Inverted . Mars . Planetary . White Paper
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Mars, Messier 95 and 96
Hi,
In attachment you can find sketch of extraordinary event on the sky – “conjuction” of Mars and two galaxies M95 & M96
Short description:
Object Name: Mars, Messier 95, Messier 96
Object Type: planet, two spiral galaxies
Location: Budy Dłutowskie – small village in central Poland
Date: 17.03.2012
Media: graphite pencil, white paper, color invert
Telescope: Columbus 320UL (320/1384 Newtonian) + Orion Q70 26mm
Seeing: 4/5 (poor)
Transparency: 4/5 (poor)
NELM: 5,2 mag
Two days ago I had opportiunity to observe very rare event on the sky – Mars “met” two spiral galaxies M95 & M96. Galaxies were really hard to observe because Mars was really really bright. I didn’t notice any details inside galaxies but the whole view in large FOV was really impressive.
Clear Sky
Łukasz
Łukasz,
Very nice combination of targets in the same field. Nice sketch.
Frank
Thank you Frank.