Waxing Crescent Moon with Skywatcher MiniDob

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

tonight, the grey clouds which have been around for almost a week suddenly cleared up. So I put the small MiniDob out for a quick sketch of the waxing crescent moon.

Here it is:

Telescope: Skywatcher Heritage 76/300

Eyepiece: Skywatcher Planetary 5mm

Date&Time: October 17th, 2015 / 1925-1955 CEST

Place: home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany

Technique: chalk and charcoal pencils on black sketching cardboard

Clear skies!

Achim

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Nice sketch!

[mariosi]

Lovely sketch!

Thanks

Marios

[Dazzyt66]

That is a great sketch, particularly as I was looking at it the night before on my Firstscope - so saw practically that view![emoji108]

Dazzyt

FirstScope (soon to be upgraded - TBC)

[laudropb]

Nice sketch. Thanks for posting.

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

thanks for the feedback!

@Dazzyt: Once you upgrade to whatever larger telescope, don't give the FirstScope away. It's a quick-grab scope if there's not enough time for the big one to be set up or cooled down.

Clear Skies!

Achim

[Dazzyt66]

That is indeed my plan Achim, it's a great little scope for easy objects, the moon is brill for it. Besides, the upgrade is a few months away yet as I save up the dosh... [emoji3]

Clear skies!

Dazzyt

FirstScope (soon to be upgraded - TBC)

[Siriusmeg]

That's great, I love the textured effect that you have created.  

[acr_astro]

Hi Siriusmeg & DazzyT,

thanks a lot for your feedback! Always happy to post my sketches here.

@Siriusmeg: The textured effect in fact isn't created just by me. This is "the default" when using the chalk on the black cardbox

Clear skies!

Achim