Mars Compilation – January 10 – March 9, 2010
These sketches were created by 27 members of the www.CloudyNights.com Sketching Forum. They are based on observations of Mars on and around its opposition, from January 10th, 2010 to March 9th, 2010. Multiple mediums were used from pencil and paper to digital. The community of forum members whose sketches are shown are from the following countries: France, Belgium, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands, South East Asia, United Kingdom, and USA. The instruments they used and the date of their observation is as follows:
| Jay Eads | 250mm Newtonian | 01/10/2010 |
| Sol Robbins | 152mm Newtonian | 01/11/2010 |
| MikeSemmler | 80mm Refractor | 01/23/2010 |
| Kris | 203mm Newtonian | 01/26/2010 |
| Cpl43uk | 203mm Catiotropic | 01/23/2010 |
| Astroducky | 318mm Newtonian | 01/27/2010 |
| Sixela | 400mm Newtonian | 01/27/2010 |
| CarlosEH | 229mm Catiotropic | 01/29/2010 |
| Dweller25 | 203mm Newtonian | 01/29/2010 |
| Jeff Young | 152mm Catiotropic | 01/29/2010 |
| BillP | 102mm Refractor | 01/31/2010 |
| Uwe Pilz | 152mm Catiotropic | 01/31/2010 |
| Rerun | 102mm Refractor | 02/04/2010 |
| Special Ed | 200mm Catiotropic | 02/05/2010 |
| Jef De Wit | 305mm Newtonian | 02/04/2010 |
| MarkSeibold | 127mm Catiotropic | 02/05/2010 |
| Phxbird | 152mm Newtonian | 02/07/2010 |
| Erika Rix | 406mm Newtonian | 02/07/2010 |
| Mathteacher | 100mm Refractor | 02/07/2010 |
| NUNKY | 120mm Refractor | 02/08/2010 |
| Frank5817 | 333mm Newtonian | 02/13/2010 |
| Tommy5 | 152mm Refractor | 02/14/2010 |
| NerfMonkey | 305mm Newtonian | 02/15/2010 |
| JayScheuerle | 120mm Refractor | 01/20/2010 |
| Robert Forgacs | 305mm Newtonian | 02/02/2010 |
| Roel | 102mm Refractor | 03/01/2010 |
| S1mas | 127mm Catiotropic | 03/09/2010 |
Compiled and submitted by William Paolini
Wow!
Fred
What a feast Mars has given us this year!
Peter
Very good way to say: this is what you can expect to see observing planet Mars!
Sorry for the delay in responding to this most outstanding post, the Easter holiday got in the way!
I think this is the most delightful posting I have seen on ASOD. Each of those sketches is beautiful, different & personal, each has been crafted with devotion by a passionate astronomer, from across our globe. Each of the drawings carries equal merit in my book.
This collaboration and resulting composite are truly inspirational, I salute you all 🙂
Dale Holt UK