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[Marvin452]

First sketch of the new year...

 

The moon was a beautiful sight this morning, great transparency but seeing was a bit difficult. Nevertheless these craters stood out from all the rest, great elongated shadows near the terminator giving stark contrast to the gray/white flat surface. I'll admit knowing little about these craters, it was the way they looked that made me want to sketch and photograph them. 

 

Sketch done at the eyepiece, black Canson pastel paper, white and black charcoal blended with a Q-tip and fingers. Image scanned and converted to .jpg.

 

01/05/2020 0405 - 0500 hrs. LT, (0905-1000 UTC)

Cape Coral, Florida. 54 Deg F (12.2C) 50 deg dewpoint

Seeing: 2/5 Transparency: 5/5

C9.25 SCT 10mm ep for 235X

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[Marvin452]

Here's a low res image I took before sketching.

 

Trent

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[Rustler46]

Very well done! I must give Moon sketching a try. So far, I've only sketched open clusters. But sketching really gives a person time to really observe what can be seen. This will vary with seeing, telescope being used, lighting conditions (on the Moon), etc. In any case thanks for sharing those inspiring results.

 

Best Regards,

Russ

[niteskystargazer]

Trent,

 

Very nice sketches of Craters Archimedes, Aristillus and Autolycus  .

 

CS,KLU,

 

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Tom

[mdowns]

What a great start to this year Trent,really handsome sketch!

[flt158]

Superb rendition, Trent. 

 

How I truly admire each and every one of your sketches. 

You are definitely one of the finest I have noticed here on Cloudy Nights.   

 

I hope you don't mind me saying what I find rather amusing about this particular sketch is how Autolycus and Aristillus look like 2 large eyes. 

And Archimedes is an even bigger mouth. 

This is something I have never seen before! 

 

Clear skies from Aubrey. 

[astronz59]

Beautiful handling of the lighting and shadow details in this sketch, Trent!  

[Marvin452]

Superb rendition, Trent. 

 

How I truly admire each and every one of your sketches. 

You are definitely one of the finest I have noticed here on Cloudy Nights.   

 

I hope you don't mind me saying what I find rather amusing about this particular sketch is how Autolycus and Aristillus look like 2 large eyes. 

And Archimedes is an even bigger mouth. 

This is something I have never seen before! 

 

Clear skies from Aubrey. 

Wow, now that you have pointed that out, I cant stop seeing the face!! 

[frank5817]

Trent,

 

This is a very fine sketch of craters Archimedes, Aristillus and Autolycus.

This is a very skillful presentation.

 

frank

[Marvin452]

Thank you Russ, Tom, Michael, Aubrey, Astronz and Frank!

[Randolph Jay]

Absolutely splendid!!  And beautiful and evocative of that sense of mystery in lunar landscapes!   

Clear skies,

Randolph q

[JimP]

Beautiful! Fine job!

 

jimP

[Uwe Pilz]

> white and black charcoal ..

 

Which wood gives white charcoal? (Could not resist. I assume it's chalk).

 

Thank you for sharing.