Isidorus And Capella

Equipment and Sketching:


For this sketch I used: black Strathmore 400 Artagain paper, 8”x 12”, white and black Conte’pastel pencils, white pearl eraser and blending stumps.

Telescope: 10 inch f/5.7 Dobsonian and 6mm eyepiece 241x on an equatorial platform
Date: 08-10-2016 00:30 - 01:40 UT
Temperature: 24°C (75°F)
Clear, calm
Seeing: Antoniadi III
Co longitude: 350.4°
Lunation: 6.96 days
Illumination: 41.3 %


Frank McCabe