Star Death in a Nearby Galaxy

M81 and SN 1993 J

Galaxy M81 and SN 1993 J

Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

Hey!

I want to send you “M.81 and SN 1993 J”.
I was happy to see this “bright” supernova in a nearby galaxy.
The SN was at 10.5 mag. when I made this drawing 1. apr. 1993.
19.05-20.25 U.T..
I used my 20.3 cm. SCT. f/10. Magn.: 111x.
The FOV is 23 arcmin. , the sky was clean with top seeing and
with the objects very high (almost overhead)!.
I used waterbased crayons on black paper only.
Location: 6 km. north of Trondheim city in Norway.

Best wishes from “The grand prix winner” and

Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Sleeping Giant Stirring Again?

Proms 051209

Solar prominences on May 12, 2009
Sketch and Details by Stephen Ames Jr.

Is ole sol finally waking back up?

Crayola Cerulean for plage
Conti White pencil for filament
Crayola Aqua Green pencil for proms
white 20# paper with Aqua Green disk
I scan into photoshop and invert.

Blue skies,

Stephen Ames Jr.

Holmes, a Historic Comet

Comet Holmes

Comet 17P/ Holmes
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

Hey!

Sending you “Holmes, a historic comet”.

This drawing was made 26. oct. 2007, 20.55 U.T.
Telescope : 15 inch Dob. f 4.5. , 140x magn.
Location : Trondheim astronomical observatory outside
the town.
Country : Norway.
The sketch was made with water colour crayons on black
paper (not inverted).

The comet was a most interesting object to observe, and I
made many sketches of this exploded comet.
More info on my drawing!

Best wishes from Norway and Per-Jonny Bremseth!!

A Globular with a Tail

M71

M71, A Globular Cluster with a Tail
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

Hey!

Sending you “M71, Globular with tail”.
This observation is from nearby Trondheim, Norway.
The drawing is made with water based crayons on black paper,
not inverted.
I observe deep sky objects only when the sky is clean and
transparent!
Look at info on my drawing!!

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Awaiting the Opening of the Ring Plane

Saturn

Saturn, February 13, 2002
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth, text by Rich Handy

Per-Jonny Bremseth’s beautiful 2002 rendition of Saturn with wide open rings contrasts with it’s current almost closed appearance. The nearly edge on view of the rings we have now will, over the course of a few years, open the ring plane up again for our appreciation of it’s wonders.

Pluto From Pluto

Pluto from Pluto

“Pluto from Pluto” after Mel Hunter
By Frank McCabe

  In the spring of 1963 I was a junior in high school and purchased for 75 cents a
Pyramid book titled “Nine Planets”. The author of the book, Dr. Alan E. Nourse
worked his way through medical school by writing magazine articles about science
fact and also science fiction. I found this author’s writing style riveting as a
young lad. Today most of the content of this book is quite outdated although in
1963 it was an exciting read. Planet Pluto, the “Mighty Midget” as the author
describes it is more unknown than known and will be explored. The author
speculates on the nature of this mysterious planet in the chapter titled, “Pluto
and the Outer Reaches”.
  So this chapter too will become part of the discarded speculation of the past
because in another 7 years new information about Pluto will be gathered by the New
Horizons spacecraft during the July 2015 close
encounter.(http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/) At that time the former planet Pluto will go
from unknown minor planet to known minor planet.
  The author had some wonderful assistance in writing and proof reading the book
from well known artist Mel Hunter. Eight of his beautiful paintings are shown in
black and white and can be found between pages 128 and 129. The last one “The
surface of Pluto, with the Sun in the distance” was the one I was looking at to
create this color crayon drawing that I made in the spring of 1963 some 45 years
ago.
  I requested and happily received permission from Mel Hunter’s widow sculptor Susan
Smith-Hunter to make this post.
  Information about these two talented artists can be found at Smith-Hunter Gallery
http://www.smithhuntergallery.com/biogrophies.html and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Hunter

Frank McCabe