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Parry, Bonpland, Fra Mauro and Tolansky Craters


Parry, Bonpland, Fra Mauro and Tolansky Craters

Sketching and Equipment:
For this sketch I used: Black Strathmore 400 Artagain paper 9”x 12”, white and black Conte’ Pastel pencils and crayons, blending stumps, White Pearl plastic eraser.
Telescope: 10 inch f/ 5.7 Dobsonian, 9mm eyepiece 161x, equatorial platform
Date: 07-21-2018, 08:15-09:45 local standard time
Temperature: 31°C (88°F)
Mostly Clear, breezy
Seeing: Antoniadi III
Colongitude: 17.0°
Lunation: 8.7 days
Illumination 70.0%
Observing Location: Mesa, Arizona
Rűkl: Chart 42 and 43
Frank McCabe :)






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