M20 (BN/DN in Sgr) Location : Mt. Bo-Hyun, South Korea (1,100M) Date : May/27/2012 Media : Black paper, White Pastel / Conte Equipment : Discovery 15″ Dob, Pentax XL 14mm Hi. ASOD and everyone. Last May, the latitude of the M20 is enough than I think. So I observe the Trifid nebula. The most distinctive … Continue reading M20 – The Trifid Nebula
Object: 20 Trifid Nebula Location: Mt. Nerone Date 3rd Aug 2013 Pencil on white paper This nebula is quite low at my latitude and thus is always submerged in the light pollution halo from cities in the south. This makes it a quite difficult object without a nebula filter. I have obtained the best results … Continue reading The Trifid Nebula
Did some observing and sketching in the Sagitarius region on 8/24/2013. Very “crowded” area of the sky … so much to see and sketch. What caught my eye was the view of M20/M21, both easily visible in the FOV of my rich field scope. Hope I did it justice. Mike M20/M21 Nebula/Open Cluster 8/24/2013 Warren … Continue reading Messier 20 and 21
Returning home from an all day 50th birthday party at 10.30pm under a clear sky gave me an opportunity to get a little observation in that resulted in a little sketching, it had been a scorcher of a day hitting around 30 deg Feraheiht . I ended up viewing and sketching a couple of low … Continue reading Messier 21
Object Name: M20, Trifid Nebula Object Type: Galactic Nebula (emission, reflection and dark components) Obeservation Location: Roque de Los Muchachos, La Palma Date: 2. June 2011 Media: Chalk pencil on black paper Observer: Christian Rausch Telescope: 12inch/F5 Dobson (Hofheim Instruments) Conditions: – SQML = 21,7 mag/arcsec*2, seeing good, Temp. +14C, dry – V=114x (Nagler 13mm) … Continue reading Trifid from Roque de los Muchachos
– M20 – The Trifid Nebula (NGC 6514) – Emission/Reflection Nebula – Apparent Magnitude: 6.3 – Itajobi, Brazil – July 27th, 2011 – 01h00 (U.T.) – 2B 0.5mm graphite pencil on white paper – 180mm dobsonian reflecting telescope – 20mm Super Plossl eyepiece – Magnification: 54 x – Seeing: Antoniadi 1 (fine) – NELM: 5.5 … Continue reading The Trifid Nebula Close to the Zenith
Object Type: Open cluster, Emission Nebula, Reflection Nebula and Dark Nebula Location: Foxpark, WY (Weekend Under the Stars – 2011) Date: July 28, 2011 Time: 2355 MDT Media: Conte Crayon and White Pencil on Black Paper Observing Equipment: 18″ Dobsonian f4.5, Nagler 17mm Type 4 (121x)
Object Name: NGC 6514 Also Known As: Messier 20, C 1759-230, Collinder 360, LBN 27, Trifid Nebula Object Type: Emission + Reflection Nebula and Open Cluster Constellation: Sagittarius Right Ascension (2000.0): 18h 02m 42.1s Declination (2000.0): –22° 58′ 19″ Magnitude: 6.3 Dimensions: 20′ x 20′ Distance: 5,000 light years Discovery: Guillaume Le Gentil c. 1747, … Continue reading Beauty to the Third Degree
Solar ProminencesSketch and Details by Jeff Young As the sun is finally attaining some altitude above the trees on my horizon, I decided it was time to wake my Solarscope up from its winter hibernation. There was quite a bit of surface activity on view, but I had neglected to bring out my sketching materials … Continue reading Solar Spring
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 … Continue reading The Will to Sketch: Trifid and Eagle
