2012 has seen the loss of another legend and inspiration. We mourn the loss of Sir Patrick Moore, who passed away on December 9th. Moore’s friends and staff released the following statement: “After a short spell in hospital last week, it was determined that no further treatment would benefit him, and it was his wish … Continue reading In Memory of Sir Patrick Moore — 1923–2012
Object Name (Sun) Object Type (H alpha regio…) Location (Rocbaron in Provence – France) Date (2012 Nov 7th) Media (graphite pencil for the prominences, pastel on white paper for the solar texture, Paint.net as digital tool) Scope My new Lunt LS35THa/B600 on motorized EQ3 mount with 10mm eyepiece. I made a pastel texture on CàGrain … Continue reading The Sun of november the 7th
Hi ASOD Another watercolour I did during the InOMN event (International Observation of the Moon Night) but… during the daylight. Object Name (2012 September 22 Moon) Object Type (Daylight Moon) Location (Néoules Provence France) Date (2012 September 22 – 16hoo Local Time) Media (graphite pencil for the moon, watercolour for the landscape) We organize a … Continue reading InOMN Daylight Moon
Object Name (Perseids) Object Type (Shower) Location (Néoules Provence France) Date (6 – 12 august 2012) Media (graphite pencil, white paper, inverted with paint.net) Here join a sketch I made during the Perseid activity, from august 6th ‘till the morning of august 12th. In fact it’s a sketch compilation of all traces I observed. From … Continue reading 2012 Perseids
Hi, here attached my last souvenir Object Name (Jupiter, Moon, Venus and Hyades) Object Type (occultation) Location (Néoules Var France) Date (2012 July 15th) Media (graphite pencil for the moon, and watercolor for the dolmen sketch) So early! I observed with a friend of mine from 3h to 5h AM local time. Close to Néoules, … Continue reading Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon
Venus as a star, once more,… Object Name (Venus transit…) Location (Néoules – Provence – France) Date (06-06-2012 & 13-06-2012) Media (red wine, graphite pencil, watercolour) Refractor 1000/102 I made this sketch directly while the sun was rising, just with pencil on white paper. I had to sketch very quickly. Today, at home I used … Continue reading Sunrise Transit
Location: Rocbaron Provence France Date: 16 may 2012 – 9:20 PM Media: graphite pencil, white paper, circle inverted while scanning It’s always nice to have a look at Venus while so close to the sun, just some weeks before her sun’s rendez-vous June 6th. I prefer to draw the brilliant Venus when the darkness is … Continue reading An Imminent Rendezvous with the Sun
Object Name (form Orion to Venus) Object Type (End winter sky) Location (Flassans-sur-Issole Provence France) Date (3/16/2012 ) Media (graphite pencil, watercolour, white paper, software paint.net) During the March 16th night the Flassans-sur-Issole, a nice south France site was sketched with some observers of the Altaïr83 club. The site is mainly used for astrophotography I … Continue reading Altair83 Observers at Flassans
January 23, 2012 at 7:37 p.m. local time, I saw this meteor fall. It seemed to fall on the castle of Forcalqueiret in Provence, already so ruined … This meteor belongs to the sporadic family, no known shower exist at this time of the year. Slow, it has about 3 seconds to disintegrate by emitting … Continue reading Sporadic Meteor over the Castle of Forcalqueiret
Moon Venus conjunction 2011-11-27 – 5 PM Local Time Object Name (Moon, Venus) Object Type (conjunction) Location (Rocbaron Provence France) Date (2011-11-27 5PM Local Time) Media (graphite pencil and watercolour) Material (Newton telescope 114/500 25x for the moon and naked eyes) I climbed during half an hour with a light telescope on my back to … Continue reading Venus and Two-Day Moon
