December 2010 Archives

Sketch of NGC 185Click image for larger version. Observation Notes: NGC 185 was one of two fairly subtle galaxies I observed on this evening. Both NGC 185 and NGC 147 fit into the same low power 88 arc minute true field of view. Unfortunately, the fit was too tight to...

Sketch of NGC 559Click image for larger version. Observation Notes: This grainy, irregular open cluster lies at the head of a chain of splattered stars at low power. At 120X, it is bracketed by two bright, wide doubles. Three brighter stars mark its southeast corner as a triangle. I plotted...

Positive Sketches of Messier 42/43 from dark sky and light polluted skyClick image to view larger version. Original Negative Sketches of Messier 42/43 from dark sky and light polluted skyClick image to view larger version. Subject:Messier 42/43 Issue:January 2011 Astronomy Now Basic Media:Graphite on White Paper Featured Technique:Sketching an object...

Sketch of Twilight Lunar-Planetary Conjunction - AUG 13, 2010 Move mouse over sketch above to view labels.Click image for larger version.  Digital conjunction sketch by Carlos Hernandez included in the columnWaning Crescent Moon, Venus and Jupiter on April 22, 2009 (09:30 U.T.)  Subject:Twilight Planetary Conjunction Issue:December 2010 Astronomy Now...