Hello ASOD, here join my last watercolor Object Name (Orion’s belt stars and M42) Object Type (Constellation and nebulae) Location (Porquerolles on board of Aquarellia) Date (02-10-2013) Media (watercolor on white paper, paint.net for inverting the sky) In the night of October the first, our old two masts Aquarellia was anchoring close to the harbour … Continue reading Orion’s belt stars
Object Name (Nova Del 2013) Object Type (Variable Star) Location (Provence France) Date (sept 5th, 2013) Media (graphite pencil, water colour, white paper, paint.net to invert and compil) Hi sketchers I like things moving in the sky, and the Nova Del 2013 was the kind of progression that I like to chase. A little bit … Continue reading Nova Del 2013
Object Name (Just a Perseid) Object Type (Falling star and star party) Location (Sainte Anastasie sur Issole – Provence) Date (august 11th 2013) Media (watercolour on 300gr paper – dim : 25cm/65cm) The national star night, august 10th 2013 with AFA (Astronomical French Association) At night, a lot of curious, tourist or passionate are join … Continue reading Star Party under the Perseids
Please find here my last watercolour Object Name (Mercury, Venus and Saturn) Object Type (Planets conjunction) Location (Rocbaron Provence France) Date (December 5th 2012 5:55 UT) Media (Watercolour on 300gr paper plus white colour for planets) It was quite cold this morning 1°C but I would like to see the rising of Mercury from my … Continue reading Early Planets
Hello sketchers Here my last observation of Mercury and Venus Object Name (Mercury and Venus) Object Type (Planet conjunction) Location (Val d’Issole) Date (June 20th 2013) Media (Watercolour for the landscape and graphite pencil for the planets) During this very “non cloudy” evening with a perfect transparency, I observed this planet conjunction from my own … Continue reading Conjunction of Mercury and Venus
Hello astro-sketchers, here my last contribution… Object Name (Epsilon1/2 Lyrae the Double double) Object Type (Multiple Star) Location (Château de Berne – Provence – France) Date (May 8th) Media (watercolor and ink, inverted while scanning) Epsilon Lyrae, the “double-double” star, seen in the 450mm Dobson of my friend Philippe. During this 4th yearly animation made … Continue reading Epsilon Lyrae
Object Name (2011-L4 PanStarrs) Object Type (Comet) Location (Val d’Issole – Provence – France) Date (2013 March 18th) Media (Watercolour on 300gr white paper, scan but no digital adaptation) Hi comet hunters, here follows my contribution. March 18th, 19:24 UT, from a small hill of the Val d’Issole, I had a nice view of our … Continue reading The Setting of Comet PanSTARRS from France
Here join my last watercolour Object Name (Mars and Mercury) Object Type (Planet conjunction) Location (Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole, Provence, France) Date (08-02-2013) Media (watercolour) This February 8th between 17h and 18h (UT) I wanted to watch an unusual planets conjunction and set, Mars and Mercury separated by only 15 ‘. This could be seen through the long … Continue reading Mars and Mercury
Hi Asod, all my best wishes for 2013 and a lot of nice daily sketches ! Object Name (LINEAR C/2012 K5) Object Type (Comet) Location (Val d’Issole – Provence – France) Date ( from Dec. 2012-22 to Jan. 2013-05) Media (graphite pencil, white paper, Paint.net for inversion ) In 40 years, I have already seen … Continue reading C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)
Please find here my (this morning) watercolour Object Name (Mercury, Venus and the Moon) Object Type (conjunction) Location (Rocbaron Provence France) Date (December 11th 2012 6:00 UT) Media (Watercolour on 300gr paper plus white colour for planets) It was quite cold this morning -1°C plus Mistral (north local wind)… but I would like to see … Continue reading Early Planets
