Pastel sketch of the H alpha full solar disc, Feb 11th

[acr_astro]

Dear all,

after a rainy front crossed us today, the sun was finally shining! So I went for a sketch to catch all the wonderful prominences:

Telescope: Lunt LS 50 THa B600 PT
Eyepiece: Celestron X-cel 10mm
Date & Time: February 11th, 2019 / 1530-1600 CET
Location: home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany
Technique: reddish Koh-i-Noor pastels and pastel pens on white Hahnemühle Ingres mould-made pastel paper
Size: 24x31cm

Clear skies!

Achim

 

[Sunshine]

That is cool! It looks as if the sun has been picking up steam in the last couple weeks, I’m seeing many different images with no shortage of proms.

[JamesF]

Very nice sketch

James

[Ruud]

How beautiful!

[Pete Presland]

Plenty of action caught there, so many proms visible.

[carastro]

You sketchers are so talented. 

Carole 

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

thanks a lot for the great feedback and the likes!

Clear skies!

Achim

[mariosi]

Very nice pastel sketch of Ha fd Achim.