This was the first sketch for me in a long while. It is a medium that I had moved
away from as I moved more into astrophotography. This site compeled me to give it
another go. You can see how the Jovian bands have become more mixed in the recent
months. This was also shown on a recent release of photos from Hubble. My sketch was
done with pencil on a sketch pad and reflect what I saw through a 12″ DOB using a
Televue Nagler type 6 7mm ep. It was really fun to experience this medium again. I
will certainly not wait so long for the next sketch. I hope that you enjoy it as
much as I enjoyed doing it.
Hulett Keaton
Eagle Mountain Station
Carpe noctem
Hulett,
This is a great sketch of the King of planets! You have rendered it very much the way I see it through my 8″ Dob. I’m glad you haven chosen to come back to the sketching side of things!
A nice sketch of one of the most sketchable objects. It has been a favourite target of mine over the years as sketching seems to be the best way to capture what we see visually. And welcome back to the ‘real’ world of observing and documenting astro objects.