Mars in Virgo

Mars in the constellation Virgo - April 18, 2014
Mars in the constellation Virgo – April 18, 2014

Hello my Friends ASOD, I observed a few days ago from the home to the neighboring planet, with good views, but with the pollution of the city there are no problems for red small. Continents showed well defined in my scope and feel free to make this sketch giving rise to the original on the right side shown in the image and colored on the other side giving a hue similar to that shown by the eyepiece, for further reducing the image and display framing the view. It was a nice domestic observation learning a little more about our sister planet perhaps.

Best Regards.

Object name: Mars
Object type: Planet
Location: Madrid ( Spain )
Date: 18 April 2014
Hour: 00:30 < 01:45
Media: graphite pencil, Tortillon, processed and inverted gimp 2.8
Optical equipment: Dobsonian telescope Meade Lightbridge 10'' F/5 Eye piece Ethos 8mm + Barlow 2x
Magnification 317x True field 0,3°

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Southern Skies Over Bogotá

The southern skies over Bogotá, Colombia on March 29, 2014
The southern skies over Bogotá, Colombia on March 29, 2014

Object name: Crux and Centaurus constellations

Object type: Constellation

Location: Bogotá, Colombia

Date: March 29, 2014 1+30 hours

Media: Digital sketch with adobe photoshop CS2, based on a graphite pencil sketch

Equipment: Naked eye view

Seeing conditions: moonless, transparency 2/3, Bortle 8.

Hello all,

I live in a city with around 9 million of people, just located at 4 degrees north from the ecuador. The light pollution is very intense but I feel also blessed that I can see both hemispheres at the same time from my location. I tried to reproduce the bright of my sky in a clear night in Bogotá and the stars that can be seen in it. I feel I´m improving on Photoshop but there is a long way of trying and learning.

Thanks to all for watching!

Clear Skies.

An urban Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242)

The Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242) Planetary Nebula
The Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242) Planetary Nebula

•Object Name: Ghost of Jupiter (NGC 3242).
•Object Type: Planetary Nebula.

•Location: San Miguel, Buenos Aires Argentina.

•Conditions: NELM 4.5. Good transparency, bad seeing.

•Date: 23/03/2014 11:00pm.

•Media: HB, 2B, blend stump and PS for color. Averted vision.

•Telescope: Meade LB 12″ on equatorial tracking platform.
•Eyepiece: SW TMB II 6mm and sometimes TV UHC filter.

Hi ASOD! This time I bring you all the Ghost of Jupiter from my backyard. It was a good night except for the poor seeing conditions. Some of the stars are down to mag 13-14 and the nebula, with averted vision, was excellent showing internal details at x254. Days later, at a star party, I could appreciate the full glory of nebula, the central star was like a pin and incredible details were easily seen at x254-x400 (no sketch, sorry!). Hope you like it!

Best regards, Leo.

NGC 2516

NGC 2516 Open Cluster
NGC 2516 Open Cluster

Hello. I send a new drawing.

Object Name: NGC 2516

Object Type: Open Cluster

Location: Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Date: 03/22/2014

Media: I used an A4 sheet and pencils 2B, B, H and HB. The image was then inverted and colored with Adobe Photoshop.

Crew: F900114 Helios Reflector Telescope

Ocular: 25mm Huygens

Greetings!

Hola. Evío un nuevo dibujo.

Nombre del objeto: NGC 2516

Tipo de objeto: Cúmulo Abierto

Ubicación: Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Fecha: 22/03/2014

Medios: Utilicé una hoja A4 y lápices 2B, B, H y HB. La imagen fue posteriormente invertida y coloreada con Adobe Photoshop.

Equipo: Telescopio reflector Helios F900114

Ocular: Huygens 25mm

Saludos!

SN 2014J in M82

Galaxy M82 with Supernova SN2014J
Galaxy M82 with Supernova SN2014J

Hello,

Two and a half hours of clear sky at 04.February 2014 were sufficient to hold the SN in M82 and take a long walk on the winter night sky.

After a tough cloud cover and then the mist had dissolved about 21:00 clock, I could start the observation with the TMB 115/805 Apo.

The supernova was a really great thing! Very bright and striking beamed the SN in the “cigar”. After a brief enjoyment, I started with the sketch!
Unfortunately, the review was only mediocre, so blurred finer structures of the galaxy almost. Nice to see was the interruption in M 82 and south two light specks.

CS Uwe

Object: Galaxy M82

Object Name: SN 2014J

Telescope: 115/805 TMB

Eyepiece: 6mm Baader Genuine Ortho

Magnification: about 110x

Location: near Tauberbischofsheim Germany

The Light of Quirón

Omega Centuari Globular cluster
Omega Centauri Globular Cluster

Hello!! It wasn´t a very good night, but the clouds couldn´t beat me. I took my pencilbox and carry out my new Dobson 8″. It was a very nice experience though. This is my first sketch of a globular cluster! My eyes couldn´t bealive how beautiful this object is, thats why i choose it for my sketch. Thank you so much for publishing it!!!!! 😀 Best regards!

Object Name NGC 5139 – Omega Centauri
Object Type Globular Cluster
Location Miramar, Argentina
Date 25/03/2014
Media graphite pencil 2H and 2B on white paper, scumble, inverted with GIMP2
Instrumental: SW Skyliner Dobson 8″