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Old 11-03-2012, 09:15 PM
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Leeeaaaan pickings this year. No news this. Enough to drive a person to the unimaginable, the full Moon!

Well, I'll claim some semblance of sanity with a sketch of a 98% illuminated Moon, .

That's what it was a couple of nights ago, and there were two particular features that persuaded me to sketch the Moon at this phase. One was the irregular circumferance produced by the profile of the craters, mountians and depressions along the entire limb of the Moon. The other was the thin cresent of the terminator.

I did hesitate as I had no idea how long this sketch would take. But a clear night and the whole weekend to recover, I just went for it. Some two hours later and I was done and ready to turn in.

Object: 98% illuminated Moon
Scope: C8, 8" SCT
Gear: 35mm Masuyama, 57X, 2 piggybacked polarising filters
Date: 9th March 2012
Location: Sydney, Oz
Materials: Pastels and charcoal on A4 size black paper
Time: 2hrs.
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