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Waxing Crescent

Started by Tony Cifani , Apr 12 2024 08:25 PM

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#1 Tony Cifani

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Posted 12 April 2024 - 08:25 PM

4/12/2024, 8pm

90mm Refractor, 90x

Pencil on drawing paper

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#2 JMSchwartz

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Posted 13 April 2024 - 08:40 AM

This is a very nice piece,Love the way you framed this as well as your technique thanks for sharing.

Clear Skies Jon

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#3 Tony Cifani

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Posted 13 April 2024 - 09:13 AM

Thanks Jon! I appreciate the kind words.

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Posted 13 April 2024 - 10:44 AM

Hi,

Very good sketch of Waxing Crescent .

CDS,KLU,

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Tom

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#5 Tony Cifani

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Posted 14 April 2024 - 09:53 PM

My first higher magnification sketch of the moon at 250x with a 6" F/8 Dob. I think the craters shown are Aristoteles, Mitchell, Eudoxus, and Alexander. I'm still learning the lunar map. This high magnification stuff is tough without tracking!

Clear skies!

Tony

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#6 mdowns

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Posted 15 April 2024 - 10:58 AM

I really like your method and style of drawing Tony,specific enough to display your intended target but very comfortable to look at and enjoy.Nicely drawn! Michael

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#7 Tony Cifani

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Posted 15 April 2024 - 01:17 PM

I really like your method and style of drawing Tony,specific enough to display your intended target but very comfortable to look at and enjoy.Nicely drawn! Michael

Thanks! I tend to draw quickly. I've never been as good with rendering fine details, although this is something I'd like to work on in the future.

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#8 Tony Cifani

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Posted 16 April 2024 - 06:31 AM

Last drawing of the series. This time, I sketched what I saw inside the eyepiece's field stop to make a circular shaped drawing, something I haven't done before. I added the black border in Photoshop to clean things up and make background black.

4/15/2024

90mm F/10 Achro Refractor

7mm Ortho Eyepiece

129x

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#9 AGrayson

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Posted 16 April 2024 - 07:58 AM

Last drawing of the series. This time, I sketched what I saw inside the eyepiece's field stop to make a circular shaped drawing, something I haven't done before. I added the black border in Photoshop to clean things up and make background black.

4/15/2024
90mm F/10 Achro Refractor
7mm Ortho Eyepiece
129x

I thought it was a full disk drawing with earthshine at first

Great sketch!