Southwest of Oceanus Procellarum

Sketching, Equipment and materials
For this sketch I used: black Strathmore 400 Artagain paper (9” x 12”), white and black Conte’ pastel pencils and blending stumps.
Telescope: 16 inch f/ 4.41 Dobsonian and 9 mm eyepiece 200x on an equatorial platform
Date: 09- 28- 2023, 05:15-06:45 UT
Temperature: 29°C (85° F)
clear, calm
Seeing: average Antoniadi III
Colongitude 72.4 °
Lunation 13.15 days
Illumination: 97.8 %
Frank 5817