Schickard and Environs

HI ASTROARTISTS,ALL O.K.?I’M FINE IN THIS MOMENT.YESTERDAY, FINALLY,AFTER TWO DAYS OF BAD WEATHER,RAIN ,WIND,THUNDERSTORM AND LANDSLIDES,ONE GOOD EVENING FOR OBSERVATION.I SEE THE MOON CRESCENT AND JUPITER AT EAST AND I SAY:” I WANT TO MADE THE NEW SKETCH ABOUT MOON AND JUPITER!”.
I TAKE MY REFRACTOR KENKO 80mm AND 1000mm OF FOCAL LENGHT AND STAY BEHIND MY HOME.THE SKY WAS CLEAR,THE WIND HAVE CLEAN THE AIR.I START MY SKETCH AT 10,15 p.m. AND IMMEDIATELY I SEE IN THE EYEPIECE THE FANTASTIC VIEW OF SCHICKARD WITH OTHER CRATERS NEAR HIM.I END MY WORK AT 12,00 a.m.OF THE DAY AFTER.I WAS TIRED BUT SATISFIED ABOUT RESULT.
I HOPE LIKE YOU…..CLEAR SKY AND GOOD WORK AT ALL.
CIAO,GIORGIO.

SITE:PERGOLA,MARCHE REGION,CENTER ITALY.
LUNAR PHASE:CRESCENT NEAR FULL.
INSTRUMENT:REFRACTOR KENKO 80mm 1000 f.l.
EYEPIECE:MEADE 12,4mm “RESERCH GRADE”AN BARLOW 2X
MAGNIFICATION:161X
SEEING:GOOD AT THE START,TURBULENCE AT THE END.
TEMPERATURE:COLD AND HUMIDITY .

TECHNICS:GRAPHITE PENCILL (FROM 4H TO 6B)ON WHITE PAPER ROUGH FOR GRAPHITE SKETCHES.
AUTHOR: GIORGIO BONACORSI.

M 22: A Jewel of the Summer

Object Name: M 22 (NGC 6656)
Object Type: Globular Cluster
Constellation of Sagitarius
Location: Talaveruela de la Vera-Cáceres;SPAIN
Date: 17/07/2010
Media: graphite pencil, white paper, inverted GIMP 2
Telescope: SCT 8″
Eyepiece: 31 mm Hyperion-Aspheric
Mag.: 65X

Spanish-English translation using Google Language Tools:
M22 is an impressive globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. It
is located at a distance of approximately 10,000 years light. The cluster is
brighter than an observer can see the northern hemisphere and only than
Omega Centauri and 47 Tucanae.
The picture at the bottom is an extension of M 22 scanned at higher
resolution.

Mariano Gibaja