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Re: Sketching at the EP....give it a try!!
01/26/08 09:35 AM
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For the beginner the question may be "why"? Why should I sketch?
I can only answer this question from personal experience, but I'd love to hear others (I think this was a thread once). Until I started sketching I only sat at the eyepiece for several minutes at a time - what I thought was a long time - observing a single object. Sketching forces you to look at an onject much closer and with greater detail. You notice things that you could never seein a couple of minutes and things that you never really looked for. I think it makes astronomy a lot more enjoyable. In the wordsof Paul Simon, "Slow down, you're moving to fast...".
The down side is it's been really windy here the past month. Although the skies are clear, I can't keep the paper in a position to sketch (no matter how many binder clips I use) and now I feel like I'm missing out on something. I think sketching becomes an addiction. But that's just me.
Thanks again Wade.
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