Jupiter, Io, Europa , Ganymede, and Callisto pencil sketch by Sam Ferrie age 9
St Cronans Stargazers Bray Co Wicklow Ireland / St Cronans National School Bray.
Using a 200 mm dob , with an 8mm Hyperion Modular eyepiece , FL 1,200mm Seeing 2
December 5th 20:06 2011
Temp 1 degree C
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Terrific! I wish I could have seen trough a telescope wen I was nine. My first time was only wen I was 20.
Bravo young man, bravo!
Being able to sketch at the eyepiece is certainly most promising for a 9 year-old! The sketch looks very nice and accurate.
Congrats!
Jean
Hi Sam,
Very fine sketching, you can sketch at my eyepiece anytime you want to.
Frank 🙂
Sam
Great job, you are truly a budding astronomer!
Great work Sam !! I can write my comment !!! Yahoooo!!