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The Will to Sketch: Trifid and Eagle

Emission/Reflection nebulae M-20
Sketch and Details by Serge Viellard, translation by Frank McCabe

Superb stay organized by the astronomy club in La Palma from the 9th to the 18th of October, 2009. We spent 3 nights at the top of the volcano (2400 m), next to the professional domes in a universe under a very good sky, well above the seas of clouds. This stay will remain marked by the will to carry out the portrait of the nebulas known as the Trifid and the Eagle. Both were marvelous to observe so well in the 16 inch scope, the vision abounds in details, differently highlighted according to filters used which allows these colorized drawings L, R (H-beta), V (OIII). I was encouraged to remake the drawings of the first night on pre-drawn star fields made during the next two nights, that in order to gain more precision. I appreciate in the Trifid the incredible complexity of the various dark channels, noting their particular forms, the meanders and their notches. I would have spend more time on the lower parts of nebula but the object was visible only a little of time at the beginning of night. Then comes the time to observe the Eagle with its notable and significant “pillars of creation” and incredible detail. Their perception varies according to the magnification employed and filters used. They are well highlighted with the UHC-S filter and a magnification of 220x.

Emission/Reflection nebulae M-16
Sketch and Details by Serge Viellard, translation by Frank McCabe

Gleam of the Hunter’s Sword

M42 and M43, The Great Nebula of Orion
Sketch and Details by Gábor Sánta

The Great Orion Nebula (M 42-43) is the best winter object seen with
the naked eye. This drawing made at four evenings (30 Jan, 2 Feb, 16
March and 17 Oct 2007), with two instruments (114/500 refl., 20×90
binoculars). Three of the four nights there was no evidence of
colours, but the last time, at the morning of 17 Oct 2007, was great
transparency. Me and some friends stargazing at the observing terrace
of Szeged Observatory. I turned the 20×90 bino into M42 and gasped my
breath. The filamentary surface of the nebula was really colourful –
pale greens and greys at the W edge, intense light reddish-brown core
and rim at NE-E. Everybody could see this phenomena. So my final
sketch became colourful, too.After I saw the Great Nebula several times,
and sometimes sensed these niceties in the best skies.

Telescope: 20×90 binoculars
Location: Szeged, Hungary
Time: 30 Jan, 2 Feb, 16 March, 17 Oct 2007
Technique: black paper, colored pastels
Category: Diffuse nebula

Best regards, light
Gábor Sánta
Szeged, Hungary
Columnist of Deep Sky head of amateur astronomical magazine called
“Meteor”
Hungarian Astronomical Association (HAA)

Seven Enchanting Sisters

M45, The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus
Sketch and Details by Tomás Ruiz Lara

This Sketch was done with a common pencil and with cotton to sketch the nebulae around the stars (Taygeta, Maia, Electra and Alcyone).
Equipment used, 114 mm newtonian reflector f/8 with a Vixen Plössl 32 mm (28x).
What to say about M 45? The most famous open cluster of the northern hemisphere. The vision with an eyepiece with low magnification is spectacular.
Seeing: 3/5
Phase of the Moon: Gibbous

Object Name: M 45, The Pleiades
Object Type Open Cluster
Location Úbeda, Jaén, Spain.
Date 25 – Sept – 2007

Tomás Ruiz Lara

Mountain Swan

M17 (NGC 6618) the Swan Nebula in Sagittarius
Sketch and Details by Dan Israël

Object Name M17
Object Type Emission nebula
Location Molines-en-Queyras, France
Date 20/08/09

This sketch was made in a small hamlet in the French Alps (elevation 1900m), using a 250mm Dobsonian telescope with a 13mm wide field eyepiece (92 X) and an Oxygen-III filter. The sketch was made on the spot with graphite pencils on white paper.

regards,

Dan

Triangle in the Veil

NGC 6979, Pickering’s Triangle
Sketch and Details by Robert Twarogal (Ignisdei)

Hy!

Finally I sketched and send You the third part of the “Veil Complex”
known as Pickering’s Triangle.

This is a very fleeting and weak nebula for an observer, So I think lot of
details in the sketch are a result of my imagination.

Best regards
Robert

Sketch details:
Object Name : NGC 6979, Pickering’s Triangle.

Object Type: Nebulae/emission/reflection
Location: Poland/ eastern Poland , Molodycz
Date: 20.08.2009 y,
Equipment: Meade Light Bridge 12”, Ultrablock 2″ and SWAN 40mm.

Artist: Robert Twarogal (Ignisdei)

Ghostly Crescent

NGC 6888, The Crescent Nebula
Sketch and Details by Robert Twarogal (Ignisdei)

Yesterday I have seen the perfect sky- almost ideal
A small village( eastern Poland) , Molodycz complete isolated from the
LP and surrounded by dense forests, hole dark as coal :),
unfortunately there was a damp meadow (“Newtons” soon became wet )

Range was about 7 magnitude

What happened that moment in the sky was a spectacular experience.
Incredible depth of stars of the Milky Way. I made my first
approach to sketch the Crescent Nebula. Is was visible even in finder Soligor 8*50.
I spent over 45 minutes in enucleateing subtle details of the fibers.
Many of them was such an alchemy of looking, Next day I compared it
with a photograph, I was surprised – some of them I added and a lot of
them left – the result of the seeing fluctuations and my perception.
I have used the LB 12 “, ultrablock 2″ and SWAN 25mm. Believe me I’ve
seen everything in the image ,recording step bay step.
If You have got a dark skies I encourage You to observe Crescent – it
is really worth doing.

Edition in Gimp: improving the centers of stars (only the white dot),
turning the color in negative,and the compensation levels for curves.

Great regards Robert (Ignisdei)

Sketch details:
Object Name : NGC 6888, The Crescent Nebula
Object Type: Nebulae/emission/reflection
Location: Poland/ eastern Poland , Molodycz
Date: 18.08.2009 y,
Equipment: Meade Light Bridge 12″, Ultrablock 2” and SWAN 25mm.
Object: – Artist: Robert Twarogal (Ignisdei)

Heavenly Sisters

M45, The Seven Sisters
Sketch and Details by Per-Jonny Bremseth

Hey!

I send you “Heavenly Sisters”.

The open cluster M.45 or “Pleiades” is a very fine object to
observe with binoculars and telescope.
I made a study of this cluster in some clear nights in nov.2003.
First I observed M.45 with a 10×50 binocular, then I observed with
my 20.3 cm. SCT, f/10 with different oculars.
To see the Meropenebula, I blocked out the star Merope with
50x on my telescope, swept slowly over the area south of the star
and at last I could see this faint nebula.
The “Seven sisters” have got many babies do I see, with
whom, Perseus??
I used crayons (watercolours) on black paper only.

My observation was done north of Trondheim city, Norway,

Best wishes from Per-Jonny Bremseth.

Eye for the Iris

NGC 7023, The Iris Nebula
Sketch and Details by Milosz Guzowsk

Hi,

Today I’d like to present beautiful nebula from Cepheus.

– Object Name (NGC 7023)

– Object Type (Reflection nebula)

– Location (Poland/Białuty)

– Date (16.08.2009)

– Scope (10″ newtonian + ploosl 10 mm)

– Medium (Graphite/blending stump on white paper + GIMP processing)

Milosz Guzowski

Sheer Beauty of the Western Veil

NGC 6960, The Western Veil
Sketch and Details by Milosz Guzowski

Hi,

I want to present my latest sketch – western part of Veil complex.

Object Name: (NGC 6960)

Object Type: Reflection nebulae

Location: Poland/ Białuty

Date: 27.07.2009

Equipment: Newton 254/1200, NPL 30mm

Medium: Graphite pencil+blending stump on white paper+GIMP processing

Milosz Guzowski

Three Lobes Glowing

The Trifid Nebula, M20, in Sagittarius
Sketch by Janis Romer, text by Frank McCabe

This is a fine eyepiece sketch of the Trifid nebula (Messier 20) in Sagittarius. Northern hemisphere observers at dark sky sites consider it a real summer time delight. The glow sketched here is mostly an emission nebula but includes a reflection nebula component as well. Three lobes in the emission nebula portion were created by the light blocking debris remnants of exploded stars. The glow is mostly due to H II star formation regions of ionized gas and plasma heated by high energy radiation from hot young stars in the region.

The distance to this deep sky object is not well known. It is believed to be between 2,300 and 9,000 light years away. Estimates of the visual magnitude of this treasure fall between 6.8 and 9.0, making it visible with binocular or a small telescope. Charles Messier viewed and catalogued M 20 on June 5, 1764.

Location:
Sagittarius
R.A. 18h 2.6m
Dec. -23° 2′
Known also as NGC 6514
Scope used:
Criterion 8″ f/8 Newtonian reflector