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Drawings of Deepsky Objects
With Large Telescopes
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Psalms
8:3-9 (NIV)
When I consider your heavens, the work of your
fingers, the
moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man
that you are mindful of him, the son of man that
you care for him?
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in
all the earth!
Why Drawings With Large Telescopes? Many excellent sites already exist with drawings made using small to moderate telescopes. Some of these sites are listed at the end of this page.
Why drawings and not astrophotography?In
my opinion the eye is still the most amazing imaging device to be found.
It offers a unique perspective not possible
with any other means. One example that comes to mind is
the eyes ability to clearly reveal the stars of the trapezium, the bright
inner nebulosity, and the faint outer nebulosity of M
42, all at the same time! While I have seen
all of this detail in separate images, I don't know that I have ever seen
it all in the same image.
See a discussion
on visual observing.
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Stephen's
Quintet
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mink2-9 Minkowski's Butterfly
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Let me know if you have any drawings you would like to have posted here, or if you have any comments.
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A large telescope does not a good observer make. Some of the drawings found at the sites listed below were made using large telescopes and show amazing amounts of detail. But many of the drawings made with moderate and small telescopes also show large amounts of detail. When experience is combined with dark and steady skies impressive observations can result, even with a small aperture telescope. Check out these sites to see some great drawings.
Planetary Nebulae Observer's
Home Page: Various contributors and telescopes
Images
du ciel profond: French site with color drawings using
10" to 40" telescopes
Dessins
du ciel profond: Another French site with great drawings using
large telescopes
Simeis 147:
by Rich Jakiel with a 20" telescope
Sternfreunde
Franken e.V.: German site with drawings using 10" to 16" telescopes
Bert's visual
deep-sky astronomy site: Drawings with a 6" telescope
Larry's Deep-Sky
Sketches!: Drawings with 8", 10" and 13" telescopes
Sketches:
by John A. Blackwell, mainly using an 8" telescope
Sketches of Deep Space Objects:
Drawings with a 6" telescope
Astronomical Sketches:
Drawings by M. Geldorp with 4.5" and 8" telescopes
The Orion Nebula:
Possibly made with Lord Rosse's Reflector, by W. H. Rambaut
EDGE-ON
GALAXIES OF THE SPRING SKY: By Tom Polakis with a 13" telescope
Astronomische
Zeichnungen: German site using a 10" telescope
Chris Randall's Astronomical
Observations Index Page: Drawings using a 10" telescope
Drawings
of Deep Sky Objects: Drawings by Chris Heilman using a 6" telescope
Deep-Sky
Drawings: Drawings by Udo Zlender using a 10" telescope
Deep Sky Sketches:
Drawings by Darren Bushnall using 9" and 12" telescopes
Deep-Sky
Drawings: Drawings by Jere Kahanpää using 6" and 8"
telescopes
Deep Sky Observations:
Drawings by Loz using a 12.5" telescope
Todd's Heavenly
Bodies: Drawings using a 2.4" refractor and a 10.1" reflector
Eyepiece sketches:
Drawings by Kevin Daly using a 4.5" newtonian reflector
Deepsky
sketches: Drawings by Jeffrey Edmonds using a 10" lx200
Liro's deepsky pages:
Drawings using a 110mm reflector
Cosmic Voyage:
Sketches by Bill Ferris using a 10" telescope
Jeff's personal astronomy
online: Sketches by Jeff Huston using a 10" lx50, 8" cave newtonian,
and 3.5" etx
Astronomy
Sketches: Drawings by John Ridley using a C8
Astronomy
Sketches!: Drawings by Chris using an 8"
Deepsky Sketches:
Drawings by William H. Greer using an 8"
Sketching
the Deep-Sky: Sketches by Olle Eriksson using an 8" telescope
Sketching
Deepsky Objects: Sketches by Maurice Toet using 6" and 14" telescopes
Ian's Nexstar Page:
Sketches by Ian Maule using a 5" Nexstar
Jon's Astro Pages:
Sketches by Jon Webdale using 10" newt
JÜRGENS WWW SEITEN:
Sketches by Jürgen Stöger using a 120mm refractor and 8" newtonian
Le dessin en astronomie:
Sketches by Benji la Malice using a 17.5 telescope
Deep-sky drawings:
Drawings by Tom Polakis using a 13" reflector
BLICK INS UNIVERSUM:
Sketches by Markus Daehne using various apertures up to 24"
Astronomy Sketches:
Sketches by Susan French using a 4.1" Astro-Physics Traveler
Let
me know if you are aware of any sites containing drawings that are
not listed here.
