tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39757570648147864702024-03-14T06:52:20.276+01:00Balcony AstronomyTiny telescopes can do great things!Giovanni Isopihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13406840234220129029noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975757064814786470.post-92053728893071812592016-12-20T18:09:00.000+01:002016-12-20T18:09:10.577+01:00Copernicus and Rupes Recta<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a while since my last lunar sketch but I've been so busy and clouds were not much kind...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, taking advantage of some clear nights, I managed to complete a couple of sketches of our satellite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first one I made represents Rupes Recta, a curious and very popular rille, well observable near the first quarter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved the sharp shadow that the cliff made on the flat surface of a large, old crater. Just on its left you can see the Birth crater with another rille called Rima Birth. Sadly the seeing was not so great and I couldn't see that rille.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next day the Moon was just a bit gibbous, and Copernicus crater popped out the lunar night. Copernicus is a relatively young crater and it offers a stunning view full of lights and shadows, with terraced borders and a very high central peak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took like 45 minutes to sketch all the details I could see. Again, seeing was not so good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading, share this if you like my sketches!</span>Giovanni Isopihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13406840234220129029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975757064814786470.post-76041761122201601552016-10-23T19:53:00.002+02:002016-10-23T19:53:18.175+02:00Marius and Aristarchus<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On october 12th I made two more lunar sketches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This time I chose the Marius crater, that was right between light and shadow. Many mountains and reliefs created really interesting shadows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After that I sketched Aristarchus, a much famous crater, that also was near to the lunar terminator. Vallis Schroteri was barely visible, Herodotus was almost totally in shadow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm quite satisfacted of these works, I hope you liked them!</span>Giovanni Isopihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13406840234220129029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975757064814786470.post-22554352798644561222016-09-30T15:11:00.001+02:002016-09-30T15:11:46.620+02:00A sketch of Hevelius Crater<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On
14th september i made another lunar sketch using white pencil on black
paper, just to make experience with this new tecnique. I chose the
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couple of days before the full moon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hope you enjoyed this sketch! </span>Giovanni Isopihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13406840234220129029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975757064814786470.post-12965866312909722492016-09-12T21:44:00.000+02:002016-09-12T21:44:20.473+02:00Sinus Iridum<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is my first attempt at drawing on black paper with white pencil. I chose the majestic Sinus Iridum as first subject, my favourite lunar formation: as you could see from my older sketches, I drew it many times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The peaks illuminated by the first sunlight of the lunar day are just beautiful, and the curvature of our satellite is well visible as the basalt floor gradually fades into darkness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hope you have enjoyed the sketch, if you liked it follow this blog for more, or visit the italian version for lots of sketches! </span>Giovanni Isopihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13406840234220129029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975757064814786470.post-87715992433987629522016-09-07T16:07:00.000+02:002016-09-07T16:07:05.714+02:00My lunar sketches<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here's my best moon sketches, classified by year and optical instrument.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This was one of my first moon sketches, made with my 50mm refractor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some works made in 2012 with my 114mm newton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Alphonsus, Arzachel and Ptolemaeus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some months later my tecnique was slightly better, as I started experimenting with different types of pencils.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In 2014 I finally got my new telescope, and moon showed many more interesting details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Gassendi crater again: there are so many lava channels! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Sinus Iridum is one of my favourite moon formations, it's simply breathtaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The magnificent Copernicus crater with a 8'' SC and a good seeing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Recently I tried full disk sketches, drawing the whole moon as I saw it in the eyepiece: it's really hard to sketch all those details, but I love the results!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you enjoyed those sketches keep following this blog!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>Giovanni Isopihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13406840234220129029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975757064814786470.post-78160901050296415812016-09-07T15:02:00.006+02:002016-09-07T15:02:53.629+02:00Why astronomy sketching?<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The main topic of this blog is astronomy sketching. I started sketching many years ago, taking sketches of Moon, Planets and some deep-sky objects. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">But why sketching when I could obtain better results with a camera? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I started sketching simply because I had no money to buy a decent camera for astrophotography, expecially deep-sky astrophotography. Later I really enjoyed this tecnique, and it started to become my main activity. I quickly understood the real power of astronomy sketching: sharing with other what I see with my eyes. When i sketch, I fix on sheet of paper my impressions and emotions. I think astronomy sketching is also useful for who just wants to know what can be seen with a certain telescope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hope you'll enjoy my observations!</span><br />
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