Light at the Junction of Fabricius and Janssen

Sketching: For this sketch I used: black Strathmore 400 Artagain paper, 8”x 11”, white and black Conte’pastel pencils and a blending stump. Brightness was slightly decreased (-4) and contrast increased (+5) after scanning using Microsoft Office Picture Manager. Telescope: 10 inch f/5.7 Dobsonian and 9mm eyepiece 161x Date: 4-10-2008 0:30 - 2:00 UT Temperature: 4°C (40°F) high clouds, calm Seeing: Antoniadi III Co longitude: 320.6° Lunation: 3.9 days Illumination: 20.4 % Phase: 126.2° Observing Location: +41°37' +87° 47' Frank McCabe