Author: richardhandy

Transit of Venus from the Temple of Apollo

Hey Artists!

It is now One year left to the last transit of Venus across the sun for this time!
It happens on the “wrong side” of the earth for us in Norway, but in northern Norway
we can see it low over horizon in the night (midnightsun).
I enjoyed the transit in 2004 in Greece. Info on my sketch! I used crayons and pencil.

Best wishes for this on “the other side”!!

Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Messier 62 in Ophiuchus

Hello,

I’d like to share my sketch with you.
Object Name: Messier 62
Object Type: Globular Cluster
Location: Poltava, Ukraine (49.52N, 34.57E)
Date: 2011 Jun 04/05
Media: graphite pencil on white paper, photographed and inverted colours, some post-processing in ACDSee
Comments:
viewed with 20×90 binoculars;
Bortle class 5, no significant light pollution in southern direction;
clear skies, very good transparency, however some haze above the horizon might be existed, ZNELM near 6.1 mag;
the object is not so easy for my latitude, rising no higher than 10 degrees

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Sincerely,
Roman Kostenko
Society of amateur astronomers in Poltava, Ukraine
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mailto:poltava-astro@yandex.ua
website http://astronomy.pl.ua

Our Star Animated

Western Prominence

2011 06 01, 1500 UT – 1630 UT
Solar h-alpha, prominences

PCW Memorial Observatory, Ohio USA – Erika Rix, www.pcwobservatory.com
Temp: 32.3°C, Humidity 42%, SE winds 5mph
Seeing: Wilson 4, Transparency: 2/6

DS 60mm Maxscope, LXD75, 21-7mm Zhumell

Sketch created scopeside with black Strathmore Artagain paper, white Conte’ crayon and pencil, Derwent charcoal pencil, black oil pencil

There were six active regions on the Sun, but a western prominence region caught my eye as a possible CME that took place during my observation. If it was simply an erupting prominence, it was the brightest I’ve witnessed as such. I’ve created an animation of my sketch sequence that I recorded during the observation at 5-minute intervals.

M92 Undervalued Younger Sister

Hallo!
This is my sketch of Messier 92 – globular cluster in Hercules. It > is undervalued younger sister of great M13 😉
But very intersting.

Object: Messier 92
Date: May 27, 2011.
Place: Banica, Poland
Equipment: SCT 5″ with SWAN 20mm
Magnification: 62,5x
Media: Graphite pencil, inverted, tooling with PS
Author: Aleksaner Cieśla (Wimmer)

Small, Bright Ball in the Scorpion

Greetings!
This is my sketch of Messier 80 – globular cluster in Scorpion. In my 5″ scope cluster is small and dense.
Cluster has interesting bright core.

Object: Messier 80
Date: May 26, 2011.
Place: Banica, Poland
Equipment: SCT 5″ with SWAN 20mm
Magnification: 62,5x
Media: Graphite pencil, inverted, tooling with PS
Author: Aleksaner Cieśla (Wimmer)

In the Wake of a Nova

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Hey Artists!

I send you the western part of this remnant, N.G.C. 6960.
Blocking out the star 52, showed, (the northern part) this snake- like ghost between the stars.
A bigger scope would show filaments, but I was happy only to find this remnant.Info on sketch.
I used crayons on black paper, and the observation was done from Trondheim, Norway.

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Brem