ScorpiusHover mouse over image to view labels. 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 … Continue reading My Mate Scorpius
Object Type: meteor Location: Itajobi, SP, Brazil 21º10′ S 49º03′ W +453m Date: 08/07/2011 Time: 12h10 (U.T.) Instrument: none (naked eye) Media: 2B 0.5mm graphite pencil on white paper Observer: Rodrigo Pasiani Costa That night in July I was observing some deep sky objects through my 180mm reflector in my mother’s farm, about 3 miles … Continue reading Green Meteor, Great Surprise
Object Name: Vesta Object Type: Asteroid Location: Itajobi, SP, Brazil 21°19’W 41°03’S +453m Date: 21-30/07/2011 (all sketches around 02h00 U.T.) Media: 2B 0.5mm graphite pencil on white paper, scanned so inverted Instrument: Binoculars Celestron 10×50 (7°) Observer: Rodrigo Pasiani Costa From July 21st to 30th I could observe the brighest asteroid, Vesta, crossing the night … Continue reading The Path of Vesta
Object Name: Saturn, Titan (T), Iapetus (J), Dione (D) and Rhea (R) First Sketch: CM1317,8º / CM2184,7º / CM3 319,1º Rings: B = 10º Location: Itajobi, SP, Brazil (backyard, downtown) W49º03′ / S21º19′ / +460m Date: December 27, 2010 – 06h30min (U.T.) Seeing: 5/5 (Great!) Telescope: reflecting 180mm / 1080mm (f6) dob mounted Eyepieces: SP … Continue reading Golden Ringed Planet
Object Name: Moon Object Type: moon Location: São Bernardo do Campo, SP – Brazil Date: 2011, april 17th Media: crayons on white paper Past friday I was leaving work, in a huge petrochemical industry located in Santo André, when I noticed a shy Moon beside the flare. I kept observing it a couple of minutes, … Continue reading The Moon at Work
Object Name: Eta Carina Nebula (NGC3372) Object Type: Nebulae Location: Itajobi – SP – Brazil Date: 30/12/2010 – 05h15min U.T. Media: 0.5mm 2B graphite pencil on white paper, scanned and inverted. Telescope: 180mm f/D=6 reflector, dob. mount. Eyepieces: Antares Plössl 10mm; GSO Super Plössl 32mm (as seen in the picture). Barlow: GSO three-element 2.5x Turbulence: … Continue reading Southern Beauty
Object Name: Sombrero Galaxy Object Type: Galaxy Location: Itajobi, SP, Brazil Date: 31/12/2010 – 07h00min UT Media: 2B 0.5mm graphite pencil on white paper, scanned, inverted then edited colors Telescope: newtonian 180mm f/D=6 dob mount Eyepieces: SuperPlossl 32mm; Plossl 10mm; SuperPlossl 6mm Seeing: 4/5 (good) Fair wind, temperature around 20ºC, no clouds in the sky. … Continue reading Happy Ending
Object Name: Jupiter Object Type: planet Location: Itajobi, SP, Brazil Date: 29/12/2010 – 23h20min U.T. Media: 0.5mm 2B graphite pencil, white paper, scanned then colours edited with Nero PhotoSnap Viewer Telescope: reflector 180mm (7.1″) f/D=6 (f=1080mm) dob mounted Eyepieces: Super Plossl 32mm; Plossl 10mm; Super Plossl 6mm Three-element 2.5x Barlow (not a good option that … Continue reading Escorted Jupiter
Object Name: Jupiter + Io + Ganymede + Callisto Object Type: Planet Location: Itajobi – SP – Brazil Date: 04/10/10 – 00h30min U.T. Media: 2B graphite mec. pencil on white paper, inverted and bright edited. Instrument: dobsonian newtonian reflecting telescope Diameter: 180mm (7.1″) Focal Lenght: 1080mm (f/D = 6) Eyepieces: SP 32mm (34x) Ortho 12.5mm … Continue reading Surprisingly Beautiful Giant
Object Name: Moon Object Type: moon Location: São Bernardo do Campo – SP – Brazil Date: (5 nights – 2010) Media: 0.5mm mechanical pencil on white paper Instrument: binoculars Celestron UpClose 10×50 Wide Angle (7º) Additional information: The millions of lights from a huge metropolis (more than 20 million people) added to the heavy pollution … Continue reading Progressive Moon
