In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
/ Somerset Maugham /
My astronomy sketches. IE users, hoover mouse over image for the inverted look. For fainter objects, take a look at the black-on-white original, sometimes it reveals more details.
Magnification and filter(s): 250x + 30% neutral filter(s)
Seeing: 4/10
Transparency: 1/5
This is my first ever Moon-sketch, displaying craters Copernicus, Fauth and Gay-Lussac with some other sub-craters and domes not noted on the sketch. This is my actual sketch done at the eyepiece, no alterations were made after manually or digitally, other than resizing. It took about 45 minutes to finish, and I'm quite satisfied with it, althouth I've found that sketching the Moon is indeed very hard and very different from sketching deep space objects. Perhaps I should not finish Lunar sketches at the eyepiece but create only drafts with different markings for different shades and create the actual sketch in the warmth of the room. As an additional difficulty, the sky was 100% covered with a thin layer of cloud which made the image to be in constant change, only 1 or 2 stars was visible here and then. Moon phase was about 69%.
Date of entry: 12/30/09 15:22:47
Your name: Müller Dániel (K.)
Your comment: Szia! Nagyon jók a rajzok! Gratula hozzájuk, csodállak :). Üdv, tiszta, szép, nyugodt egeket!- Dani
Where are you from? Szabadszállás, Hungary
How did you know about my website? Makszutov.hu fórum :)
Date of entry: 07/06/08 15:01:16
Your name: Demelza Ramakers
Your comment: I really love you're sketches! They are amazing! Keep up the good work!
Clear Skies! Demelza Ramakers http://d.ramakers.googlepages.com/home
Where are you from? Holland
How did you know about my website? Cloudy Nights
Date of entry: 05/03/08 16:12:34
Your name: Faith J
Your comment: Superb sketches, Ferenc, absolutely brilliant. I love the mouse-over effect, too. http://visualdeepsky.webs.com
Where are you from? England
How did you know about my website? From Cloudy Nights forums
Date of entry: 04/14/08 06:20:04
Your name: Laurie
Your comment: Awesome sketches! I love it! I was curious what size and what kind of eyepiece were you using with each sketch? I do see the magnification power with each sketch. Thanks - let me know, email address laurie-wilmothotmail.com
Where are you from? State of Colorado in the USA
How did you know about my website? Cloudy Nights
Date of entry: 04/11/08 07:05:02
Your name: Ferenc Lovró
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Clear skies!
Where are you from? Nádasdladány, Hungary
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