| Drawings of Astronomical Objects The sketches presented here were made mostly in the 1990s and early 2000, using a 47cm (18.5-inch) f/4 Dobsonian telescope. The main observing site was Laidley, about 50 km west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The naked-eye limiting magnitude at the zenith was about 6th, although the eastern sky was affected by light pollution from Brisbane and Ipswich. As the telescope's primary mirror was of "below-average" quality, smaller aperture telescopes of average or better quality may show fainter stars and more subtle features than shown in these sketches. (Comet sketches will be presented at a later date.) |
| IC 2163 and NGC 2207 in CMa galaxies |
| IC 2531 in Ant galaxy |
| IC 4720-21 in Pav galaxies |
| IC 5148 in Gru planetary nebula |
| NGC 246 in Cet planetary nebula |
| NGC 253 in Scl galaxy |
| NGC 1365 on For galaxy |
| NGC 1398 in For galaxy |
| A cluster of galaxies surrounding NGC 1399 and NGC 1387 in For |
| NGC 1566 in Dor galaxy |
| NGC 1618, NGC 1622 and NGC 1625 in Eri galaxies |
| NGC 1637 in Eri galaxy |
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| The Belt of Venus An extremely informative website by Jeremy Perez, master of astronomical sketching. You will find his superb sketches of the heavens and learn how he has created them. |
| Some of the drawings are included in: Guidebook to the Constellations: Telescopic sights, Tales, and Myths (Patric Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) Written by Phil Simpson Published by Springer Available from Amazon.com |
| All the drawings on this and following pages were made by Eiji Kato at Twinstar Guesthouse & Observatory Contact: twin-star@bigpond.com |