Lunar sketch: Crater Posidonius

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

yesterday evening just before the altocumulus clouds of the approaching depression covered the sky, I could do another sketch of the moon: This time it was crater Posidonius and its surroundings.

Ah, by the way, this time I tried a new pen: For the bright areas (e. g. the western rims of Posidonius A and J), I took a whitecoal pen instead of chalk pen. That provided much brighter contrast.

Another novelty for me: I didn't use a diagonal but an Amici prism, so that the view in the eyepiece wasn't mirrored at all. The view was a bit less bright, but for the moon it's still bright enough.

Telescope: Celestron Nexstar 127SLT

Eyepiece: TS HR Planetary 7mm

Date & Time: April 24th, 2015, 22130-2205 CEST

Place: home terrace, Dusseldorf area, Germany

Technique: chalk, charcoal and whitecoal on black cardbox

Hope you like it!

Clear skies!

Achim

[Sarah and Colins Astro]

Brilliant work, wish we could do this!!

[martin_veasey]

Hi all,

yesterday evening just before the altocumulus clouds of the approaching depression covered the sky, I could do another sketch of the moon: This time it was crater Posidonius and its surroundings.

Ah, by the way, this time I tried a new pen: For the bright areas (e. g. the western rims of Posidonius A and J), I took a whitecoal pen instead of chalk pen. That provided much brighter contrast.

Another novelty for me: I didn't use a diagonal but an Amici prism, so that the view in the eyepiece wasn't mirrored at all. The view was a bit less bright, but for the moon it's still bright enough.

Telescope: Celestron Nexstar 127SLT

Eyepiece: TS HR Planetary 7mm

Date & Time: April 24th, 2015, 22130-2205 CEST

Place: home terrace, Dusseldorf area, Germany

Technique: chalk, charcoal and whitecoal on black cardbox

Hope you like it!

Clear skies!

Achim

Thanks for sharing this with us. I'm terrible at sketching but I can still appreciate the work of others with more talent !

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[Pete Presland]

Beautifully sketched.

[mariosi]

Excellent!!!

Marios

[jabeoo1]

Lovely sketch, which reminds me I must look at the moon again soon.

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

thanks for the nice feedback!

Lovely sketch, which reminds me I must look at the moon again soon.

Yes, do so! I can only encourage all of you to have a look at the moon with its thousands of features! It holds much, much more than just "light pollution" for Deep Sky observations.

Achim

[todd8137]

Very nice hoping it clears tonight so I can have a draw nice work

Pat