Hi all
been spending time in the "Solar system photography" section so I thought I would come back home to balance out my universe and clense my visual soul
Searching my hard drive I found this sketch I did pre-empting a MOC that never quite eventuated - hence I never got to share.
I don't remember all the details about the sketch, but I do know it was done over two nights (the first being the 30th of Dec last year, and the second some days later). The second day had better conditions (particulaly transperency) and it allowed me to touch up some of the fainter areas.
As is spelled out on the sketch, it was made in my suburban Brisbane backyard with a 12.5" f6 dob and a 19mm Panoptic (~100x). I didn't attempt this from a darker site as it would be twice the effort to get all the detail visible.
Anyway, I hope it inspires others to give sketching a go, particularly some of the many new 'newbies' around the forum that are looking to improve their observing skills (even if the results don't get posted here - of course if they do, it would be great), and anyway - there has been a sketch drought on this forum in the last few months.