· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article    Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Forum Archives · Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 JayinUT I'm not Sleepy Reged: 09/19/08 Posts: 944 Loc: Utah A Collection of Planetary Nebula       #3248746 - 07/31/09 12:57 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I've done some observing and if your interested, head over to my blog for details. Here is a sample of several planetary nebula that I observed and sketched: NGC 6339 is a PN in Ophiuchus and is nicknamed the Little Ghost Nebula. Seeing was not that great that night though at 200x I did catch glimpses of irregularities around the halo. Upon returning inside that morning I found that it can have a ring look around it and I kinda of captured that in my sketch as a partial ring on each side. It appeared grayish white to bluish white while looking at it. It is listed as a mag. of 12.9 with the central star mag. at 15.9 (no evidence of that central star tonight!). A fun object to observe and one I'll return to from a darker site. The other image is NGC 7027 in Cgynus. Rather easy to locate I thought the PN appeared emerald green to me. I had visited the Blinking Nebula earlier that night and sure enough, the blinking blinked with no filter, but when I put in the Ultrablock NB filter, the Blinking Nebula showed out really well, but the blinking ended. NGC7027 however, blinked without the filter, and then at 92x with the filter it continued to blink. I thought that was interesting. Limiting Mag is around 10.4 or so. This object is very bright and I have probably made it a little larger than I saw in the scope just to enhance the view. It has a very bright surface brightness. I enjoyed this site about this PN. -------------------- Jay in Utah --------------------------- Location: Lat: 40.514N Long: -112.032W Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth. — Ptolemy, c.150 AD My Blog Post Extras:       CarlosEH Post Laureate Reged: 01/19/05 Posts: 4138 Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County... Re: A Collection of Planetary Nebula [Re: JayinUT]       #3249190 - 07/31/09 05:16 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Jay, Two beautiful planetary nebula in Cygnus and Ophiuchus. The colors are striking. Thank you for sharing them with us all. Carlos -------------------- Post Extras:       cildarith Carpal Tunnel Reged: 08/26/04 Posts: 2357 Loc: San Diego, CA Re: A Collection of Planetary Nebula [Re: CarlosEH]       #3249376 - 07/31/09 07:02 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Excellent work, Jay! -------------------- Eric 6" f/6 Parks Newtonian 10x50 Bushnell Binocs CN Sketch Gallery||MinDat Mineral Gallery Post Extras:       Kris. Pooh-Bah Reged: 09/16/04 Posts: 1276 Loc: Belgium Re: A Collection of Planetary Nebula [Re: cildarith]       #3250637 - 08/01/09 02:57 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   great job Jay! -------------------- Kris To be old & wise, you first gotta be young & stupid 8" dob AstroTech 66ED/APO TAL 120 newt. my CN sketch & picture gallery Post Extras:       gufle member Reged: 08/19/07 Posts: 13 Loc: Leuven, Belgium Re: A Collection of Planetary Nebula [Re: Kris.]       #3251666 - 08/02/09 02:57 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Jay, I see I need a lot to learn. I like the detail you put into NGC 6369. Gunther -------------------- ------ Gunther http://www.astronomie.be/gunther.fleerackers Post Extras:       rodelaet Post Laureate Reged: 04/28/06 Posts: 3063 Loc: 50°56' N - 4°58' E (Belgium) Re: A Collection of Planetary Nebula [Re: JayinUT]       #3252444 - 08/02/09 02:45 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Beautiful work, Jay! I have read your blog as well. It's a great site. Keep up the good work. -------------------- Rony My Astronomical Sketches My Binocular Sketches Callibrate your Monitor with this little strip. Post Extras:       JayinUT I'm not Sleepy Reged: 09/19/08 Posts: 944 Loc: Utah Re: A Collection of Planetary Nebula [Re: rodelaet]       #3252540 - 08/02/09 03:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Carlos, Eric, Kris, Gunter and Rony, Thanks so much for your kind words. I hope as I continue to play with GIMP my abilities with that tool improves. I am getting Photoshop and a new scanner in September so that should help (car repairs got in the way). -------------------- Jay in Utah --------------------------- Location: Lat: 40.514N Long: -112.032W Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth. — Ptolemy, c.150 AD My Blog Post Extras:       kraterkid Post Laureate Reged: 03/07/05 Posts: 4550 Loc: Jacumba, California Re: A Collection of Planetary Nebula [Re: JayinUT]       #3254009 - 08/04/09 06:02 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Jay, A wonderful sample of excellent PN sketches! Great blog and links too! -------------------- Rich My CN Gallery Post Extras:       frank5817 Post Laureate Reged: 06/13/06 Posts: 4084 Loc: Illinois Re: A Collection of Planetary Nebula [Re: kraterkid]       #3254068 - 08/04/09 06:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Jay, These planetary nebulae sketches are top drawer. I also went over to your blog as Rich did - great work over there too. Frank -------------------- my gallery Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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