Jupiter sketched by Patrick Moore with a 10-inch scope at 360x, February 13, 1967. David J. Eicher library
With all the excitement over
Jupiter's missing South Equatorial Belt, I picked a sketch of Jupiter by the famous English observer and television presenter Patrick Moore.
His drawing displays fine pastel coloring and a nice rendering of the Great Red Spot.
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.