Amateur Astronomy Blog | Jeremy Perez
Sketch of Crescent Moon and Earthshine Click image to view larger version. The stunning view of a thin crescent moon cradling a bubble of Earthshine is irresistible. This column describes the use of white and black charcoal pencils on black paper to…
Graphite and Charcoal Sketch of the Sun Click image to view larger version. Solar activity is on the increase and white light observing is starting to get interesting again. This article describes white light full disc and detail sketching using graphite on…
C/2009 R1 (McNaught) 20100615
I’ve been falling behind here, I know. I’ve still got some doubles to post, and a new full-disc Lunar sketch. I’m also hoping to get a look at the latest McNaught (C/2009 R1) in the next few days…I’ll be sure and post…
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Inverted, Positive Sketch of Messier 101 Move mouse over image to view labelsClick for larger version. Original Pencil Sketch of Messier 101 Click image to view larger version. From a dark site, Messier 101 rewards determined observation with spiral structure and embedded…
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