Telescope Reviews: Aug08 CN Imaging/Sketching Contest Poll!

We are very pleased and proud to present the August 2008 Sketching Semi-Finalists in the Imaging/Sketching Contest.

darkstar528:

Just another typical solar observation...
Equipment is in signature...
I use 20# paper and black and red pens...
Photoshop for inverting and enlarging...
All sketched at the EP...

WadeVC:

...here is my submission of the King of the Planets, Jupiter

markseibold:

Moon sketched through Nexstar 5i at low magnification on July 1 2008; a 32mm plossl producing 40 X, Initially through broken clouds.

The sketch was produced on 20" X 24" Canson Mi Tientes blue paper with medium tooth texture. Pastel chalks include snow white in square stick form for much of the lunar features outlines, some antiques as Sargent brand in paper wrapped round in a pale cream yellow-white. Again, the final colors as a rust or burnt sienna in square stick form were used to render the buildings roofs and clouds lit by the moonlight.

Jupiter was added as the bright star-like object to the east of the moon. Although the lunar image is reversed in the Cassegrain, I have placed it in the scene as it would appear to the wide field view as naked eye with surrounding ambient panorama.

The ambient surrounding environment within the inner city of industrial Portland Oregon was added for aesthetic effect and depth as it appeared under the moonlight nearby the area where I sketched from.

frank5817:

This is a sketch of the 23 day old waning crescent moon as it appeared in the transparent morning sky between 8:00am and 10:00am.
For this sketch I used: light blue drawing paper cut to 12"x14”, white Conte’
pastel pencils, a light blue Crayola pencil, a blending stump and my index finger too. No adjustments were need after scanning except size reduction.
Telescope: 4.25 inch f/5 Dobsonian and 12mm eyepiece 45x

Date: 8-24-2008 13:00-15:00 UT
Temperature: 20° C (68° F)
Partly cloudy, calm
Seeing: Antoniadi III
Colongitude: 188°
Phase: 262.9°
Lunation: 23 days
Illumination: 44 %
Libration Latitude -6°
Libration Longitude -1°

xfile101:

This is M57, done in Gimp, taken from my pencil sketch.

Please note that voting will conclude on September 8th at Midnight EST.

Many thanks to all who took part in the contest!

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Which Sketch is our finalist?
Users may choose only one (18 total votes)

darkstar528:

3 16%

WadeVC:

6 33%

markseibold:

3 16%

frank5817:

4 22%

xfile101:

2 11%

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Weston CSC: