{"id":503,"date":"2009-11-22T17:09:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T17:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/11\/22\/drawn_to_the_un_8\/"},"modified":"2009-11-22T17:09:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-22T17:09:37","slug":"drawn_to_the_un_8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/11\/22\/drawn_to_the_un_8\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawn to the Universe<br \/>DEC 2009 &#8211; NGC 2024, The Flame Nebula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NGC 2024 and its brilliant neighbor Alnitak are the subjects for the December 2009 <i>Astronomy Now<\/i> issue. While Alnitak can be a bit of a nuisance when observing the Flame Nebula, it also provides an opportunity to sketch a striking example of deep sky contrasts.<\/p>\n<table class=\"objectdata\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject:<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"subject\">NGC 2024 (Flame Nebula) and Alnitak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Issue:<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomynowstore.com\/ww\/catalog\/product_info.php?products_id=319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 2009<\/a> <i>Astronomy Now<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Basic Media:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Graphite on artist grade paper.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Featured Technique:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Techniques for assessing the form of a diffuse nebula and shading it, with the added challenge of portraying a brilliant star in the same field.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Suggested Materials:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>White artist grade stock<\/li>\n<li>HB and 2H graphite pencils<\/li>\n<li>Blending stump and artist&#8217;s chamois<\/li>\n<li>Putty rubber<\/li>\n<li>Clipboard and adjustable red light<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img200912AN_NGC2024poslg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img200912AN_NGC2024pos.jpg\" alt=\"Positive sketch of NGC2024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Inverted, Positive Sketch of NGC 2024<\/p>\n<p><i>Click image to view larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img200912AN_NGC2024neglg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img200912AN_NGC2024neg.jpg\" alt=\"Negative sketch of NGC2024\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Original, Negative Sketch of NGC 2024<\/p>\n<p><i>Click image to view larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NGC 2024 and its brilliant neighbor Alnitak are the subjects for the December 2009 Astronomy Now issue. While Alnitak can be a bit of a nuisance when observing the Flame Nebula, it also provides an opportunity to sketch a striking example of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":492,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/10\/01\/drawn_to_the_un_6\/","url_meta":{"origin":503,"position":0},"title":"Drawn to the UniverseOCT 2009 &#8211; NGC 7662","author":"jperez1690","date":"October 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The October issue of Astronomy Now focuses on NGC 7662, the Blue Snowball nebula. Two methods are covered in this column: 1) Using an isophote (contour) field sketch as a basis for a final shaded drawing, and 2) using Photoshop to add subtle color to the scanned drawing. 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