Month: September 2012

M8 – The Lagoon Nebula

Messier 8
Messier 8

Object Name: M 8 (NGC 6523) and NGC 6530
Location: RA 18h 04m 30.7s Dec -24 º 22 ’51 ”
Type: Emission Nebula+Open Cluster.
Constellation: Sagittarius.

Bonilla.Cuenca. SPAIN
Date: July 20, 2012
Material used: graphite pencil on white paper. Inverted image and processed with Photoshop.
Telescope: Celestron S/C 8″ Mount Cgt5
Eyepiece: 31 mm Hyperion Aspheric + UHC filter. Magnification 65x
Conditions: NEML 5’64 (Chart 14 Cyg). Temperature 18ºC

More information: http://astrodibujo.blogspot.com.es/

Compilation of Lunar craters

Gassendi, Plinius, Kies, Rupes Recta and Birt
Gassendi, Plinius, Kies, Rupes Recta and Birt

Hi ASOD, and Hi all!

I made a compilation of my lunar observations. I used two telescope; 80/900 Sky-Watcher refractor and 140/880 (homemade) Newtonian reflector.

Objects visible in the drawing: 1-Gassendi 2-Plinius 3-Kies 4-Rupes Recta and Birt
Observer: Viktor Cseh
Media: white paper and graphite pencils
Location: Nagyvarsány/Hungary
My blog: http://viktorcsehdraws.blogspot.hu/

Clear sky and Best wishes!

Viktor 🙂

Jupiter – September 12, 2012

Jupiter - September 12, 2012
Jupiter - September 12, 2012

Object Name: Jupiter
Object Type: Planet
Location: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Date: 09/12/12
Media: Only Pencil and Paper
Equipament: Vixen 70mm F/10 Refractor

OBS.: Ok guys, i live in a Brazilian Big city, so Stray Light, and Light Polution is a huge problem, but with a good sky at the beach a could make some art. I hope you like it!

Felipe Lacerda

NGC 6905

NGC 6905
NGC 6905

Here is my sketch of NGC 6905, a planetary nebula in Delphinus. I made the sketch from my backyard in Orleans, Ontario, Canada July 29, 0025 EDT. The sketch was done with graphite on white bond paper using my 120mm f8.3 refractor with a 13mm Hyperion EP with an OIII filter. The seeing was above average and the nebula was quite bright in averted vision with a nice blue tint and a bright central star.

Sun in H-Alpha – September 7, 2012

H-Alpha Sun - September 7, 2012
H-Alpha Sun - September 7, 2012

Dear ASOD,

I send you my latest sketch of the Sun in H-alpa. I cought a very nice prominence which has already „departed” from the disk, and looked very interesting. It was not changing too much within the 20-30 minutes I observed it.

Date & Time: 7th September 2012, UT 10:20
Equipment used: Lunt LS35T H-alpha 35/400, 12mm & 7 mm eyepieces
Media: Graphite pencil used on white paper
Seeing: 8/10, transparency 5/5

Clear skies,
Judit

dr. Hannák Judit
http://egmesek.blogspot.com

Saturn with Moons

Saturn and Moons - May 22, 2012
Saturn and Moons - May 22, 2012

Object name: Saturn
Object type: Planet
Location: Amsterdam
Date: 22-5-2012
Media: Pastel on black paper

Saturn with moons.

Last night, May 22-23, I had a nice view on Saturn so I placed my 8”sct/lxd75 on the balcony and tried to make a sketch. It was made with pencil on white paper, and later redrawn with pastel pencils on black paper (A4). The planets disk is approximately 3cm and the rings 8cm.

At 200 times the Cassini Division was easy to spot, as well the two most westerly moons Titan and Rhea. At around 23:30 I was sure I spotted another moon close to the planet, Tethys, but later in de evening I couldn’t see it anymore. It had crossed the planet. While looking at the Cassini Division another moon popped in to my averted vision, this one between Rhea and Saturn; Dione.

Conditions:
Seeing: 3/5
Transparency: 2/5
Temperature: 20⁰ C

8” SCT on LXD75
Hyperion zoom at 10mm (200x)

Kind regards
& Clear Skies 4 all.

Matthijs Broggel