Sketching at the telescope: George de Lange’s NGC 246

Posted by David Eicher
on Thursday, June 3, 2010
NGC 246 sketched by George de Lange with a 13.5-inch f/4.5 reflector at 142x and a UHC filter from Picture Rock Park, Arizona. David J. Eicher library
Today’s sketch by Arizona observer George de Lange is of the planetary nebula NGC 246 in Cetus.

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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