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Post by Pembrokeshire Astronomer on Jun 3, 2018 10:21:16 GMT
Last night's sketch of Jupiter. I was only using a little 90mm Maksutov at x125.... Well pleased with the amount of detail this little scope shows. I've used 8 inch telescopes that show less detail! Can highly recommend Maksutovs. ![]()  |
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Post by mikeyp on Jun 3, 2018 15:41:46 GMT
Nice one Mark. One day you'll have to show me how you do it !!! ......better still - show the group.   |
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Post by Pembrokeshire Astronomer on Jun 3, 2018 20:07:17 GMT
Thanks Mike.... :-)
No problem about demonstrating the sketching. Mars would be my choice for first time sketching.
Mars will be 19 arc seconds for the first part of September, and still a good target for small telescopes, perhaps a Mars sketching session could be arranged in the September meeting.
My old 4.5 inch Tal reflector would easily pick out detail down to 12 arc seconds.
N.B Tomorrow night at 22h35m UT there will be a central transit of the Great Red Spot, fingers crossed.
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Post by mikeyp on Jun 4, 2018 9:51:58 GMT
You are pencilled in and will confirm in a day or two - thanks for that.
Incidentally many will be interested in this for later in June:
Jupiter- Telescopes show the shadow transit of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede from 22:00 to 23:50 BST on June 18th [20cm telescope or larger}
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Post by richdavies on Jun 4, 2018 22:21:40 GMT
I think to make a sketch you need some aptitude for drawing, so that definitely excludes me.  |
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Post by nighthawk on Jun 5, 2018 10:24:25 GMT
Last night or rather early evening I saw venus as usual in the west but for the life of me couldn't spot Jupiter and thought someone had nicked it but then realised it was cloud cover which was obscuring it. Hopefully many more clearer nights to come.
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Post by Pembrokeshire Astronomer on Jun 11, 2018 7:13:48 GMT
I think to make a sketch you need some aptitude for drawing, so that definitely excludes me.
Hi Richard, I'll be over for the September meeting, and will bring along some of my planet sketching blanks, they make sketching a lot easier for beginners.
I'll explain more when we meet up....
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