Sunrise over Marius and the Marius Hills
Sketch and Details by Giorgio Bonacorsi
Hello sketcher,all o.k.?This night,the sky was cover by fog and clouds but ,at 10p.m.,the fog go out and the Moon was very hig over my head.I decide for the first time, to take my Dobson 10″ for the Moon and made my sketch with white pencill on black paper.
I see the Crater Marius go out from shadow and i decide to made that sketch.I used my 15mm eyepiece (83x).I stopped my sketch because the clouds coming quickly.
That sketch is dedicated at Frank McCabe and other sketchers who used this technics.
Ciao a tutti,artisti.
Giorgio Bonacorsi
Site:Pergola,Marchr Region,Center Italy
Date:28 November 2009
Time for made the sketch:From 10,50 to 11,30
Moon phase:Crescent(10,7 days)
Instrument:Dobson GSO 10″
Eyepiece:15mm
Magnification:83x
Seeing:Good,clouds and turbulence at the end.Sketch interrupted cause the clouds
Temperature:Cold,humidity.
Technics:White pastel on black paper Fabriano3.
Giorgio,
I thank you on behalf of all of us that sketch white pencil on black paper.
Your beautiful lunar sketch here of Marius and environs is a superb example of this technique which I learned from the ASOD web master Rich Handy.
Frank 🙂