Shannon

Welcome to discovering this great art and forum.

I have tried my motor tracking 5" Nexstar 5i for the moon but have the same complaint. Images are too dim at high magnification, so I use the same method of hardship that you question here with my 10.1" old Dobsonian. I agree with the others as I put up with the laborious work of hands-on the tracking and sketching at the same time. I guess it is what serious [read: mad scientist artists] do.

Good luck and I look forward to seeing your future sketching.

Mark
markseibold.com
My CN Gallery