Hipparchus and Horrocks, (Again!)

[Lurcher]

I took advantage of another clear night to get out to a field which is quite good for viewing, and being slightly later than the previous evening I had the luxury of completing the sketch after doing an alignment so the telescope tracked ok and didn't require me to continually adjust the view between every line. It seems so long since I've had the luxury of doing that for one reason or another it made such a change.

It wasn't until today when I was looking up the names for the craters that I realized I had already drawn the same area before. Which is a little worrying as I haven't done that many areas to start forgetting already.

I've attached my earlier version which seems barely recognisable from this latest version. I thought it was interesting how I'd obviously focused on completely different elements the first time to the second time.

Thanks all.

[Ruud]

They're both wonderful of course, but yesterday's is just a tad better. it seems more fully completed.

Great work anyway in both cases!

[Trikeflyer]

Nice work on both of them. The beauty of sketching and astronomy is that you sketch an impression of what you see and that keeps it interesting.  I think it’s worth doing the same thing twice and comparing them, keep up the good work.

steve 

[Mike JW]

The wonder and fun of re sketching the same area is that it is never quite the same due to the constant changing shadows. It would be rare to be viewing the moon at exactly the same time/sun's position in the lunar sky. The different sun's angles reveals different details each viewing. Have fun sketching. Mike