Object Name: Leo Triplet (M65, M66, NGC 3628)
Object Type: Galaxies
Location: Płaza, Poland
Date: 11.03.2012
Media: graphite pencil, white paper, inverted in Photoshop CS2
In my opinion, Leo Triplet is one of the most beautiful galactic triplet on our sky. In Poland it’s a typical spring constellation. We also have Mars in it at this time.
It was my first try sketching a galaxy, but I’m pretty satisfied with my picture, so I decided to try putting it on ASOD. I hope you like it.
Out on my deck, too tired to set up the telescope this night, I observed with my 7×35 Nikon binocular instead.
Locating Omega Centauri amongst the trees was a treat, particularly since there was a lovely asterism of 6th & 7th magnitude stars beneath it that look like the Big Dipper with a curved tail.
Object: Omega Centauri, NGC 5139
Object Type: Globular Cluster
Location: ~4,000 elevation, Maui, Hawaii
Date: 4/17/12, 10:35pm
Media: White paper & pencil. Inverted with Photoscape
un chapelet d’apparition du rayon vert, à la L80x60, Nouméa.
Crayon graphite et colorisation logiciel retouche d’image.
Cordialement
pour info : le livre “ASTRODESSIN, Observation & dessins en astronomie” est achevé, après 3 ans de travail en équipe. 560 pages, 2 volumes, à parraître en novembre 2013.
Serge
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English Translation via Google Translate:
Hello
Appearance of a string of green ray, the L80x60, Noumea.
Graphite pencil and coloring image editing software.
Regards
FYI: the book “ASTRODESSIN, Observation & drawings astronomy” was completed after three years of working as a team. 560 pages, 2 volumes, parraître in November 2013.
Object Name: M31 Andromeda Galaxy
Object Type:Spiral Galaxy
Location: Neyshabur, Khorasan Razavi, Iran at 36°14’15.38″N
58°48’34.51″E
Date: July 29th, 2012
Media: White paper,Graphite pencil, inverted the colors whit Photoshop
Time:1:01 Am until 1:16 AM
Wheather Conditions: Clear Sky, with lots of light pollution from
houses and street lanterns.
Equipment: Refracting Telescope 100mm, 25mm Ocular lens
M6 is an open cluster in the constellation of Scorpius. It is a young cluster formed by blue stars very near the galactic plane. The estimated distance is about 1,600 ly.
Its shape resembles a butterfly: Several bright stars form two attached rhombi, what correspond to the insect body on which you also find a delicate pattern made of weak stars. Several curved lines and double stars complete one of the most beautiful summer open cluster.
Object Name: Markarian’s Chain
Object Type: Galaxy Cluster
Location: Sketched at a dark sky sight in Wiltshire, UK
Date: 5th May 2013; 23:30; conditions – very good
Media (graphite pencil sketch at the scope and then digitized using graphics tablet and Photoshop)
I usually sketch in some detail at the scope (mainly HB and 2B). I then scanned the result into Photoshop and sharpened the sketch. I annotated the galaxies.
For this sketch I used a Nexstar 8SE teamed with a WO 32mm wide field of view eyepiece. The sketch occupied two eyepiece field of views plus a bit of edge fills for some surrounding stars.
Observing Details
I have wanted to sketch this cluster for a very long time but needed to travel out into a dark sky site to have a chance. M84 and M86 were very noticeable but, with the help of a star chart I was pleased to spot many more than can be seen from my back garden, although NGC 4413 required averted vision.
I made this sketch of M51 with a 625mm (25″) dobson in a starparty located in the Margériaz, France.
The seeing was not really good and there was a few high clouds passes during my observation.
Object Name: M51
Object Type: Galaxy
Location: Margériaz, France
Date: 6th July 2013
Media: graphite pencil (3B, 2H and 4H) on 180g white bristol, then Photoshop CS6 for the inversion and stars processing.
Hi, this sketch of open cluster barnard 86 of my last observation. It is a wonderful object, we can enjoy this jewel in the night sky. That day I could enjoy a very stable sky very definition, hitting that day to draw this magnificent object. Undoubtedly one of my favorite dark nebulae. Do not fail to escape this object in your upcoming observations.
regards and good heavens.
Object name: NGC 6520 / Barnard 86
Object type: Open cluster & dark nebula
Location: Bonilla cuenca ( spain )
Date: 5 July 2013
Media: graphite pencil,processed and inverted gimp 2.8
Optical equipment: Dobsonian telescope 10″ F/5 Meade lightbridge , eye piece Explore scientific 18mm 82°
Magnification 70x True field 1,1°