{"id":435,"date":"2008-10-23T12:27:04","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T12:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2008\/10\/23\/astronomy_now_m\/"},"modified":"2008-10-23T12:27:04","modified_gmt":"2008-10-23T12:27:04","slug":"astronomy_now_m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2008\/10\/23\/astronomy_now_m\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy Now Magazine &#8211; November 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just received a copy of the November 2008 issue of <i>Astronomy Now<\/i>. The Focus section this month is dedicated to visual observing and sketching. I had the pleasure of preparing one of the articles, &#8220;How to Draw the Universe&#8221;. Peter Grego wrote the article &#8220;Moonwalking&#8221;. Neil Bone and Keith Cooper also discussed the benefits of sketching. With Martin Mobberley&#8217;s articles &#8220;Tricks of the Eye&#8221; and &#8220;Ten Visual Treats&#8221; and a series of observing sections illustrated with sketches from several different observers, as well as a visual treatment for the section that I found really enjoyable, I thought the November issue was awesome. I am biased. But even if I didn&#8217;t have an article in there, I&#8217;d still be excited about the content. Keith Cooper noted in his Forward article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a bizarre myth that we won&#8217;t publish sketches because the aren&#8217;t &#8216;sexy&#8217; enough to sell the magazine. The reality is that we really don&#8217;t get many submitted to the magazine for us to use. So I hope this issue will encourage some of you to begin making sketches and sending them in to us. We&#8217;d be delighted to publish the best of them in our <i>Picture Gallery<\/i>, which you can find on page 92. We would also be interested to hear your thoughts about the pros and cons of sketching in our letters pages.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So sketchers, send in those drawings: <a href=\"mailto: gallery2008@astronomynow.com\">gallery2008@astronomynow.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re at it, why not send in a sketch or two (or more) to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asod.info\/?page_id=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Astronomy Sketch of the Day<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been impressed with <i>Astronomy Now&#8217;s<\/i> use of sketches in every issue, and I&#8217;ve noticed that <i>Sky and Telescope<\/i> has also been increasingly conscious about using sketches regularly to illustrate articles too (thanks, Keith, Tony, Sue, et. al.). <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2008\/img2008102301_article.jpg\" border=\"1\" color=\"ffffff\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronomy Now Magazine &#8211; November 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2004\/08\/01\/astronomical_sk\/","url_meta":{"origin":435,"position":0},"title":"Astronomical Sketching Resources","author":"jperez1690","date":"August 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Astronomical Sketching Resources","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":461,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/03\/04\/a_few_of_google\/","url_meta":{"origin":435,"position":1},"title":"A Few of Google&#8217;s Favorite Words","author":"jperez1690","date":"March 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"a few of google's favorite words","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":611,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2013\/02\/20\/drawn_to_the_un_44\/","url_meta":{"origin":435,"position":2},"title":"Drawn to the Universe &#8211; FEBRUARY 2013 &#8211; The Pleiades and BU536","author":"jperez1690","date":"February 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Positive Sketches of the Pleiades and BU536 Click image to view larger version. 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The spark for the conversation was this remarkably detailed sketch of M101: http:\/\/www.klima-luft.de\/steinicke\/M101.htm Although the example sketch is posted to Wolfgang Steinicke's site, this is not his sketch. It was made by another\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/img2009010901_2144.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2004\/08\/01\/published_mater\/","url_meta":{"origin":435,"position":4},"title":"Published Material","author":"jperez1690","date":"August 1, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Updated December 25, 2010 Books Astronomical Sketching: A Step-by-Step Introduction (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series) By Richard Handy, David B. 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