Sketching at the telescope: Richard Baum’s Comet West

Posted by David Eicher
on Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Comet West sketched by Richard Baum with the naked eye March 2, 1976, at 6:05 UT. David J. Eicher library
Today’s “sketching at the telescope” edition features a beautiful illustration by English observer Richard Baum showing Comet West around the time of its peak brightness.

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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