The Trifid Nebula (M20) sketched by Michael Sweetman with a 6-inch f/5 reflector at 130x. David J. Eicher library
Continuing with the basement sketches series, today I have a sketch Tucson, Arizona, observer Michael Sweetman made of the Trifid Nebula (M20).
To learn more about astronomical sketching, Astronomy magazine subscribers can access my Astronomy.com video "Sketching from the telescope" and read Glenn Chaple's Observing Basics column "Sketching 101."
See the rest of the Sketching at the telescope series.