· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums 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] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Astrophotography and Sketching >> Sketching Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother       #5472334 - 10/15/12 09:38 PM Attachment (66 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Last weekend at last saw some sky conditions that allowed observing at the local club's darker site. I took that opportunity to tote my 15-inch along and put the new Sky Commander dightal setting circles to the test on a moving target and Comet Hergenrother was a perfect candidate. Sure enough, the Sky Commanders guided me right to it, whereupon I made this sketch with an 8.8mm Explore Scientific 82 degree eyepiece which yields 227X. Sky conditions were mediocre, but good enough to show the comet resembled a flame from a cutting torch like the ones I used to cut steel at a local shipyard. A bright, nearly starlike inner core where the nucleus is was also apparent. I scanned the drawing and cleaned it up with Abobe Photoshop. Its small size and nicely concentrated light made it very easy to find even from home, a nice warm up for the apparently great comet of the early 21rst century coming next year. Taras Post Extras:       JeanB scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 07/11/11 Loc: Montreal, Canada Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: Achernar]       #5472340 - 10/15/12 09:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I like this sketch very much indeed! Jean Post Extras:       frank5817 Postmaster Reged: 06/13/06 Loc: Illinois Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: JeanB]       #5472347 - 10/15/12 09:45 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Taras, A very fine sketch of the comet and its tail. Frank Post Extras:       SteelStar member Reged: 11/08/09 Loc: Oklahoma Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: frank5817]       #5472512 - 10/15/12 11:36 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice sketch. From your rendering you seem to be able to see more of a tail than I do with my 12" dob. You may have darker skies as well as more aperture than me. Well done! Post Extras:       Uwe Pilz scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/16/08 Loc: Leipzig, Germany Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: SteelStar]       #5472627 - 10/16/12 12:57 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice sketch, nice comet. Post Extras:       niteskystargazer Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/05/09 Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: Achernar]       #5476784 - 10/18/12 11:40 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Taras, Very good sketch of Comet 168P Hergenrother . CS,KLU, , Tom Post Extras:       Rutilus Pooh-Bah Reged: 12/17/10 Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: niteskystargazer]       #5477413 - 10/18/12 05:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice sketch of the comet. Post Extras:       rolandlinda3 Post Laureate Reged: 01/24/06 Loc: Crozet VA 22932 Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: Rutilus]       #5477674 - 10/18/12 08:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice sketch. Makes me want to go look...and sketch. Post Extras:       Jef De Wit Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/06/09 Loc: Hove, Belgium Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: rolandlinda3]       #5478675 - 10/19/12 11:44 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Fine sketch! He's dimming, so observe now before it's too late... Post Extras:       Andrev Carpal Tunnel Reged: 02/08/11 Loc: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: Jef De Wit]       #5478769 - 10/19/12 12:43 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Wow, what a nice capture. Simply beautiful. I really like this little comet, very impressive in large aperture. Andre. Post Extras:       Glen A W sage Reged: 07/04/08 Loc: WEST VIRGINIA USA Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: Andrev]       #5478896 - 10/19/12 02:08 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice. I could not see so much tail in a 10 inch in dark skies last week. It is a very interesting comet, to be such a little and dim thing, yet easy to see. Very condensed, and almost like one of the pieces of Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 looked in 2006. Nice Job. GW Post Extras:       Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: Achernar]       #5480064 - 10/20/12 09:14 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks everyone for the thumbs up, I'm glad you guys liked the sketch. It seems the comet is fading rapidly, the last time I searched for it with a 10-inch from home, I failed to find it. I'm going to try again tonight to see if it's still at all visible from my driveway. If it remains unseen through the 15-inch, then it's clearly returning to it's normal extreme faintness. Taras Post Extras:       Special Ed Postmaster Reged: 05/18/03 Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: Achernar]       #5480589 - 10/20/12 03:25 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Taras, Very nice job on this comet--you really show what a beauty it is. I'll bet that ES eyepiece is a beauty too. Post Extras:       Achernar Postmaster Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: Mobile, Alabama, USA Re: Another sketch of Comet 168/P Hergenrother [Re: Special Ed]       #5480775 - 10/20/12 06:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   They most definitely are, doubly so when one considers their price point versus Televue and other high end eyepieces. They don't give up very much to them, at a price point many folks can afford. I just don't see spending 600 dollars and up for one eyepiece in my future, I can buy a very good telescope for that amount. Thanks for your thumbs up on the sketch too. Taras Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 2 registered and 8 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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