Chalk/charcoal sketch of craters Klaproth and Casatus

[acr_astro]

Dear all,

at the end of a sunny day I set up my largest telescope, the 10" f/5 truss-tube Dobsonian Martini to do a tiny chalk/charcoal sketch. I wandered the terminator up and down to select a target. Clavius and Tycho were already too bright, Aristarchus and Herodotus were still in the dark and once again a Gassendi sketch, I wasn't too keen on. I ended up pretty much at the southern limb and selected the area of Klaproth and Casatus:

Telescope: Martini 10" f/5 Dobsonian
Eyepiece: Explore Scientific 6.7mm/82°
Date & Time: April 4th, 2020 / 2100-2145 CEST
Location: Home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany
Technique: chalk, charcoal and whitecoal pens on black sketching paper
Size: about 8 x 12 cm

Clear skies!

Achim

[CraigT82]

Very nice. An effective technique. 

[Ruud]

That's just wonderful! Thank you Achim.

[acr_astro]

Hi all,

thanks a lot for the feedback!

Tonight  I  looked up the craters and secondaries in my "Atlas and Gazetteer of the near side of the moon" and was able to identify most of them.

You can see online at: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/info.shtml?435

Clear skies!

Achim

Edited April 5, 2020 by acr_astro

[Mike JW]

Never visited these little gems. Have you changed your technique for this delightful sketch. It has a different feel to it. Mike