Western Mare Serenitatis

[acr_astro]

Dear all,
this morning, before going off to work, I started the day with a lunar sketch of lunar sunset before sunrise at home. I had put the 5" MAK outside over night, so it was properly cooled.

 

Telescope: Celestron NexStar 127 SLT

Eyepiece: Explore Scientific 6.7mm/82°

Date & Time: January 16th, 2020 / 0715-0745 CET

Location: Home terrace, Dusseldorf Region, Germany

Technique: Koh-i-Noor chalk, extra charcoal and whitecoal pens and pieces on Seawhite of Brighton black sketching paper

Size: appr. 20x30cm

 

Clear skies!

Achim

[Ruud]

Achim it's beautiful. Great job!

[niallk]

👍very nice work!!

[Mike JW]

Nice to see the shadows in the opposite direction ( sunset on the moon rather than sunrise). Great sketch. Mike