Hi Asod, sent a recent observation of this magnificent nebula in the constellation of Aquila, has a very important and brightness donut shaped reminiscent lyra M 57, with the help of a filter details are more noticeable, and renamed to this object , the small ring Aquila.
Here’s my impression of M16, a large star-forming nebula with inside of it a brilliant cluster of newborn stars in the constellation of Serpens. It was made on the 10th of August at my little observatory in Carù, Italy. Equipment used was my 18″ f/4,45 homemade Dob with 40mm Siebert VP Echelon binoviewer, a couple of Explore Scientific 24mm 82° eyepieces and a Baader OIII filter. Conditions were rather good and I could even make out the main “pillar of creation” as a small dark lane in the nebula’s centre. I captured the image with an ordinary pencil on white paper and afterwards elaborated it on the pc, trying to make the final result as realistic as possible. I sincerely hope you like it!
Hello! Last night I observed the most beautiful globular cluster of our sky. M13, also known as “Hercules Cluster”, has a a diameter of about 110 ly and is about 23500 ly away”!!! It’ s fantastic to see, is my favourite DSO. I obseverd it with my dobsonian telescope 10” f/5, with two different eyepiece: WA 12mm (104x) and SuperPlossl 9mm (138x), it’ s always wonderful!
Object name: Messier 13, Hercules Cluster
Object type: Globular cluster
Location: Copertino (LE), Italy
Date: 08/08/2013
Media: Grafite pencil on White paper; inverted
Object Name: Sun
Location: Schwanfeld – Germany
Date: August, 15th 2013
Media: graphite pencil on white paper
Optics: Vixen ED102SS (diameter: 102mm / 4 inch, focal length: 660mm / 27 inch)
Mount: Giro II DX (AZ-Mount)
Filter: Baader-Planetarium Astro-Solar ND5 (visual)
Eyepiece: Televue Nagler 12mm Type IV (overview), Speers Waler Zoom @ 6mm (details)
Hello to all,
Today we had a sunny morning, only the sky was crossed with light cirrus clouds. Why shouldn’t I look to the sun? The sun came up with some sunspot groups and an bright area (maybe flares?) on me. I could not help, I took the drawing pad an my pencil and start to draw. Maybe the sunspots in overview are little bigger than they real were, but I think the details outside the circle are located close to the original. Hope you like it too.
The supernova is shown as a little star in the middle of the southern disk of the galaxy. Of the five stars, I meet in front of M 74, the supernova is closest to its center.
Its brightness is very similar to the nearest star to the west and also to the middle star of the three that are on the eastern edge of the disc (picture below).
Here, I send you one of my first astronomical drawings; Ive started only a few months ago and I think it’s a new way to enjoy the wonders of the sky.
Best regards
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ASOD: ” Antares and M4 in the fog”
Object Name: Antares and M4
Object Type: Star field and globular cluster
Date: 31/07/2012
Location: A Coruña, Galicia. Spain.
Media: pencil, white paper, color invert and enhance with Gimp.
Miyauchi binoculars Bj-100 (26x)
Seein: 2/5 (good)
At this time of year, Antares and Scorpio are low on the southern horizon. This is a drawing done before the beautiful red star disappeared into the fog.
Amateur and professional astronomers around the world were galvanized by the recent news of the discovery by Koichi Itagaki of a nova in the constellation Delphinus. The star (actually a binary system) went from about 17th magnitude to a magnitude of 4.5 over a three day period, putting it in the ranks of the 30 brightest known novae.
I had to wait patiently for the clouds to thin enough for me to get this view of the “new star” with my 108mm reflector. A small planetary nebula, NGC 6905 (also known as the Blue Flash) was in the field of view winking in and out as the clouds thinned and thickened.
This observation was made as the nova was still increasing in brightness. By comparing the nova to two nearby stars, eta Sge (mag 5.0) and 29 Vul (mag 4.8), I was able to estimate its magnitude at about 4.9.
A nova occurs when a white dwarf draws enough fuel from its companion star to start an explosive runaway hydrogen-fusion reaction. The resulting cataclysm can be 50,000 times brighter than our Sun (or more)..
I made this drawing at the eyepiece on Canson Pure White drawing paper with 2B and HB pencils and a loaded blending stump.
Name: Nova Del 2013
Type: Nova
Location: Friars Hill, WV USA
Date: 16 August 2013
Hello all sketchers,
here is my sketch of very nice planet actual on the evening sky – Venus.
Last Saturday was very inspirating for me, so I decided to observe Venus in the evening. Seeing was not very good – 5/10 and it was windy. But i saw some atmospheric detail on Venus how you can see. It was very dificult but I made it!
I used my 8″ dobson with magnifications 150x and 200x and Celestron planetary filter – #15 (yellow).
At first I used OIII Astronomik filter but Venus was not so bright and filter killed all details …
Let’s check the sketch and write your opinion =))
Tom Perdoch
Hlucin (Czech republic)
3.8.2013
20.20-20.30 CEST
Dobsonian 200/1200mm
8mm Hyperion (150x), 6mm Omegon LE (200x)
Celestron #15
Seeing: 5/10. Windy.
