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The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has a fine facility there and the StarQuest organizers had arranged for many interesting presentations, so there was lots to do and see. A nice feature of the StarQuest is a sketching contest--they provide a form and template to help the sketchers and any object is fair game. Some of the sketches that were submitted included a meteor (bolide), the Lagoon Nebula, and Saturn with Titan. They have both children and adult divisions. I was fortunate to win the contest with this solar observation. The left hand sketch is conte' crayon and color pencil--the right hand sketch is white conte' crayon and watercolor pencil on black paper. I am pleased that the organizers are encouraging sketching and am suggesting a sketching workshop for next year (there were seven imaging workshops). -------------------- Michael Rosolina 8" f/10 Orange Tube SCT 4.25" f/4.2 Astroscan Reflector SVP 3.6" f/13.6 CA Reflector 40mm PST f/10 APM Germany HD 15x70 binoculars Canon 12x36 IS II binoculars Mark I Eyeball My CN Gallery Post Extras:       Tommy5 Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/28/04 Posts: 1382 Loc: Chicagoland Re: Solar Sketch at Green Bank StarQuest V [Re: Special Ed]       #2505351 - 07/07/08 11:33 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Cool solar sketch,glad to here that you had fun at the event. Post Extras:       Special Ed Post Laureate Reged: 05/18/03 Posts: 3479 Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W Re: Solar Sketch at Green Bank StarQuest V [Re: Tommy5]       #2505362 - 07/07/08 11:37 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks, Tommy! -------------------- Michael Rosolina 8" f/10 Orange Tube SCT 4.25" f/4.2 Astroscan Reflector SVP 3.6" f/13.6 CA Reflector 40mm PST f/10 APM Germany HD 15x70 binoculars Canon 12x36 IS II binoculars Mark I Eyeball My CN Gallery Post Extras:       frank5817 Post Laureate Reged: 06/13/06 Posts: 3003 Loc: Illinois Re: Solar Sketch at Green Bank StarQuest V [Re: Special Ed]       #2505424 - 07/08/08 12:23 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michael, Excellent. It is good you were there to show them how it is done. Sketching workshop for next year sounds great. Frank Post Extras:       CarlosEH Post Laureate Reged: 01/19/05 Posts: 3081 Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County... Re: Solar Sketch at Green Bank StarQuest V [Re: frank5817]       #2505633 - 07/08/08 04:34 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michael, Congratulations on winning the contest at the Green Bank StarQuest V with your excellent obsevation of the Sun (H-alpha). You have rendered it very nicely as it must have impressed the judges with it's accuracy. I look forward to your future observations. Carlos -------------------- Post Extras:       Special Ed Post Laureate Reged: 05/18/03 Posts: 3479 Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W Re: Solar Sketch at Green Bank StarQuest V [Re: CarlosEH]       #2506409 - 07/08/08 02:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Frank, Carlos, thank you both very much for your kind words. There was a lot of interest from passers-by in looking at the Sun and also looking at the sketches. -------------------- Michael Rosolina 8" f/10 Orange Tube SCT 4.25" f/4.2 Astroscan Reflector SVP 3.6" f/13.6 CA Reflector 40mm PST f/10 APM Germany HD 15x70 binoculars Canon 12x36 IS II binoculars Mark I Eyeball My CN Gallery Post Extras:       rodelaet Carpal Tunnel Reged: 04/28/06 Posts: 2632 Loc: 50°56' N - 4°58' E (Belgium) Re: Solar Sketch at Green Bank StarQuest V [Re: Special Ed]       #2506747 - 07/08/08 05:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Michael, Congratulations with the contest! Good job on promoting the sketching community. Will you participate in the sketching workshop next year? -------------------- Rony My Astronomy Sketches My Binocular Sketches Post Extras:       Special Ed Post Laureate Reged: 05/18/03 Posts: 3479 Loc: Greenbrier Co., WV 38N, 80W Re: Solar Sketch at Green Bank StarQuest V [Re: rodelaet]       #2512281 - 07/11/08 07:41 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks, Rony! Yes, I hope to participate--I'm in the process of contacting the organizers now. -------------------- Michael Rosolina 8" f/10 Orange Tube SCT 4.25" f/4.2 Astroscan Reflector SVP 3.6" f/13.6 CA Reflector 40mm PST f/10 APM Germany HD 15x70 binoculars Canon 12x36 IS II binoculars Mark I Eyeball My CN Gallery Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 1 registered and 1 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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