Plato and Archimedes lunar craters
Eastbourne, UK
29th August 2013, 01:15 – 03:15 UT. Temperature 13C; seeing Antoniadi III
Meade LX90 8″ Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope with 26mm super Plossl eyepiece, 77x
White and black pastel on Daler Rowney Canford black paper
I was lucky enough that a second consecutive clear night allowed me to study these craters again; this time they were on the terminator and the whole scene looked very dramatic, enhanced by the long deep shadows.
Best regards and clear skies,
Oli Froom
Oli,
Excellent sketching of the terminator “slice”, craters and mountains are beautifully captured.
Frank 🙂
I like it Oli, you have covered a wide area there, well done. 🙂
Dale UK
I really enjoy the shadows cast, very dramatic
Cindy
Beautyfull sketch about two splendid craters across the shadow line…Good work!
Ciao,Giorgio.
Thank you all for your kind comments 🙂
That’s a lovely work!
Jean