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Lunar Crater Heinsius West-North-West of Tycho


Lunar Crater Heinsius West-North-West of Tycho

Sketching and Equipment:

For this sketch I used: a small 8” x 12” piece of black Strathmore 400 Artagain paper, white and black Conte’ pastel pencils, white Pearl eraser, blending stumps
Telescope: 16 inch f/ 4.41 Dobsonian with 6 mm eyepiece (299x)
Date: 08-7-2022, 04:00-05:10 UT
Temperature: 38°C (101°F)
Partly cloudy, slight breeze out of the east
Seeing: Antoniadi III
Colongitude: 27.4°
Lunation: 9.42 days
Moon Illumination: 68.9%
Frank McCabe :)






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