First Quarter and Last Quarter Almost

First sketch: On Left For this sketch I used: black Strathmore 400 Artagain paper, white and black Conte’ pastel pencils and a blending stump and my index finger too. Brightness was reduced by a value of -5 (using Microsoft OfficePicture Manager) after scanning. Telescope: 4.25 inch f/ 5 Dobsonian and 21mm eyepiece 26x Date: 11-05-2008 to 11-06-2008 / 23:00-1:00 UT Temperature: 20° C (68° F) Partly cloudy, breezy Seeing: Antoniadi III Colongitude: 3.5 ° Lunation: 7.99 days Illumination: 48.0 % Second Sketch: On Right For this sketch I used: black Strathmore 400 Artagain paper, white and black Conte’ pastel pencils, white Conte’ crayon and a blending stump. Brightness was reduced by a value of -4 (using Microsoft OfficePicture Manager) after scanning. Telescope: 4.25 inch f/ 5 Dobsonian and 21mm eyepiece 26x Date: 11-19-2008 12:20-13:30 UT Temperature: -2° C (28° F) Partly cloudy, light winds Seeing: Antoniadi III Colongitude: 168.7 ° Lunation: 21.6 days Illumination: 53.9 % Frank McCabe