Venus just before Occultation by the Moon
Sketch and Details by Aleksander Cieśla
Sketch of the beautiful occurence. The Moon a few seconds before occulting Venus.
Sketch information:
Scope: Schmidt-Cassegrain 5” with Vixen LVW 13mm
Place: Poland, Wroclaw – near city center
Weather: Bad. Seeing 2/10. Light pollution. Clouds oncoming.
Date and time: 1st December 2008r. 5:15 PM (17:15)
Technique: Pencil with finger blur
Tooling: Scan and GIMP2 working.
Webmaster’s note: I’ve got a few days worth of excellent sketches of this wonderful occultation that I think you’ll all enjoy.
Aleksander,
Wow! Yet another impressive sketch of the moon with Venus. Earthshine is wonderfully done.
Frank
Aleksander,
What a fantastic sketch. Frank is spot on with his description your capture of the Earthshine is wonderful.
Dale
Very interesting sketch you have there Aleksander
Its amazing to see how people go about sketching in such different ways.
Dee