Hi,
Finally finally sky conditions co-operated for some decent Saturn and Jupiter observing/sketching.
Jupiter was pretty good through my 244 mm Newtonian. I have to admit that the pretested mirror that Sky Instruments picked out for me is very good.
Attatched is my first attempt in trying to sketch Jupiter with my hand tracked Dob. Seemed as if the 17 minutes actual drawing time felt like it took a lot longer.
Of note is the festoon on the preceeding, left, side of the NEBs. Very large and could be mistaken as an overgrown GRS. The attachment points of the festoons along the NEBs were very dark and at times appeared like soft edged-elongated rectangles. Quite a few barges along the the NEBn with a the most prominent bay following, right, the CM. Another bay was right at the CM.
There were 2 light condensations south of the STB that seemed to disrupt the STB.
Anyway, there were a lot of other little details that I tried to render in my little sketch as well.
Sol Robbins
Finally finally sky conditions co-operated for some decent Saturn and Jupiter observing/sketching.
Jupiter was pretty good through my 244 mm Newtonian. I have to admit that the pretested mirror that Sky Instruments picked out for me is very good.
Attatched is my first attempt in trying to sketch Jupiter with my hand tracked Dob. Seemed as if the 17 minutes actual drawing time felt like it took a lot longer.
Of note is the festoon on the preceeding, left, side of the NEBs. Very large and could be mistaken as an overgrown GRS. The attachment points of the festoons along the NEBs were very dark and at times appeared like soft edged-elongated rectangles. Quite a few barges along the the NEBn with a the most prominent bay following, right, the CM. Another bay was right at the CM.
There were 2 light condensations south of the STB that seemed to disrupt the STB.
Anyway, there were a lot of other little details that I tried to render in my little sketch as well.
Sol Robbins
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