Sketching at the telescope: Stephen J. O'Meara's lunar Straight Wall

on Friday, May 7, 2010

The lunar Straight Wall sketched by Stephen James O’Meara on February 19, 1987, from 6:20 to 7 p.m. EST. David J. Eicher library

Our basement sketches series continues with a sketch made by Astronomy magazine Contributing Editor Stephen James O’Meara of the lunar Straight Wall. The Straight Wall is the Moon’s best-known scarp. Unfortunately, I do not know the telescope and magnification used, but it is a beautiful drawing.

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.

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