Lunar crater Eratosthenes

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

yesterday evening I got cold fingers at -3°C when sitting behind my 5" MAK doing a sketch of lunar crater Eratosthenes.

Telescope: Celestron Nexstar 127 SLT
Eyepiece: Skywatcher 5mm UWA 58°
Date & Time: Jan 6th, 2017 / 1740-1840 CET
Location: home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany
Technique: natural charcoal and chalk on black sketching paper
Size: 11"x11"

Image is mirror-reversed.

 

 

Eratosthenes is about 58km in diameter and is located at the western end of the Apennines. On the sketch you can see as well the western rim of the low crater Stadius (SE of Eratosthenes) and the craters Eratosthenes C and Wolff B.

Clear skies!

Achim

[Peter Drew]

Very nice. If you could somehow add a little turbulence that would be as good as an eyepiece view! 

[Pig]

Excellent sketch... I thought it was a photograph  very well drawn.

[Tzitzis]

Wow great sketch! Well done I imagine that there is a lot of time and patience spent on sketches. Keep up the good work!

Cheers from Greece

Tzitzis

[johnfosteruk]

Terrific sketch. 

[mikeDnight]

Fantastic Achim! Absoloutly brilliant! 

Mike

[Mark at Beaufort]

Achim what a brilliant sketch - so much more enjoyable than looking at a photo - well done.

[laudropb]

Lovely sketch Achim.

[niallk]

Very skilled sketch 

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

thank you for the wonderful feedback!

Achim

[Astro Imp]

Achim you're a genius, that is a wonderful piece of work(far too good to call it a sketch)

Thank you for posting.

Good luck and keep posting.

[N3ptune]

waaa the textures and contrast are so great! That's a beautiful drawing.

[StarryEyed]

I dont know how you manage to keep the image so clean what with chalk on paper being so unforgiving and difficult to clean off after for tidying up. I can only imagine a lot of thought and method goes into it.

[BRADLEY 1953]

That is a beautiful sketch, executed with great skill and attention to detail, especially so considering the cold conditions. I am a new member and was just perusing the sketching forum when I came across your image. In my opinion producing a satisfactory lunar drawing is probably the greatest challenge of all.  Keep up the good work.    kind regards     Chris.    

[paulastro]

This is one of the best sketches I've seen for a while, quite outstanding.  It's one of the very few drawings I've seen  that shows the sort of detail I can see through my telescope.  Envy isn't the word I'm looking for! 

[N3ptune]

That's a superb sketch indeed. But for the sake of counter balancing the impression, I saw many awesome sketches from not too long ago too!  (which I gave likes)