Sketching at the telescope: Jim Phillips’ Jupiter

Posted by David Eicher
on Thursday, May 20, 2010
Jupiter sketched by Jim Phillips with an 8-inch refractor at 165x, 203x, and 252x, November 9, 1986, from 8:30 to 10:15 ET. David J. Eicher library
The drawing I’ve chosen from my collection today is one by Jim Phillips of the king of the planets, Jupiter. He sketched this close-up drawing November 9, 1986.

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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