{"id":475,"date":"2009-05-21T23:46:30","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T23:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/05\/21\/drawn_to_the_un_2\/"},"modified":"2009-05-21T23:46:30","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T23:46:30","slug":"drawn_to_the_un_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/05\/21\/drawn_to_the_un_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawn to the Universe<br \/>JUNE 2009 &#8211; Struve 2259"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The June issue of <i>Astronomy Now<\/i> is now available. This month&#8217;s column features the colorful double, Struve 2259 in Hercules.<\/p>\n<table class=\"objectdata\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject:<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"subject\">Struve 2259<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Issue:<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomynowstore.com\/ww\/catalog\/product_info.php?products_id=311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 2009<\/a> <i>Astronomy Now<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Basic Media:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>White ink marker, white pastel and colored pastel pencil on black paper.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Featured Technique:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Using white ink along with white and colored pastel to create a positive double star drawing on black paper. No computer intervention required.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Suggested Materials:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Black artist grade stock such as Strathmore Artagain (Daler-Rowney Canford in the UK)<\/li>\n<li>White paper and HB Pencil for field sketch<\/li>\n<li>White graphite transfer paper<\/li>\n<li>White paint marker such as Elmer&#8217;s Painters Paint Marker (Sakura White Pen-touch in the UK)<\/li>\n<li>Color pastel pencils such as Cont&eacute;, Derwent, Faber-Castell Pitt or Stabilo brands. (Choose colors that fill a stellar and nebula-oriented spectrum.)<\/li>\n<li>White Charcoal Pencil such as General&#8217;s brand<\/li>\n<li>Blending Stump<\/li>\n<li>Kneaded eraser (Putty rubber)<\/li>\n<li>Artist&#8217;s Spray Fixative such as Winsor and Netwon&#8217;s Artist Fixative<\/li>\n<li>Clipboard and adjustable red light<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img200906AN_STF2259lg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img200906AN_STF2259.jpg\" alt=\"Positive Sketch of Struve 2259 (STF 2259)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Sketch of Struve 2259 (STF 2259)<\/p>\n<p><i>Click image to view larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>200906<\/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":[64,56,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-double-star","category-tools-and-techniques"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":509,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/12\/03\/struve_2259\/","url_meta":{"origin":475,"position":0},"title":"Struve 2259","author":"jperez1690","date":"December 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Struve 2259","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Deep Sky&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Deep Sky","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/deep-sky\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":554,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2010\/12\/08\/drawn_to_the_un_17\/","url_meta":{"origin":475,"position":1},"title":"Drawn to the UniverseDECEMBER 2010 &#8211; Twilight Conjunction","author":"jperez1690","date":"December 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Sketch of Twilight Lunar-Planetary Conjunction - AUG 13, 2010 Move mouse over sketch above to view labels. 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