Sketching at the telescope: Gregg D. Thompson’s NGC 40

Posted by David Eicher
on Monday, June 7, 2010
NGC 40 sketched by Gregg D. Thompson with a 24-inch reflector from the Springwood Observatory in Australia. David J. Eicher library
We continue our series with a sketch by Australian observer Gregg D. Thompson showing the planetary nebula NGC 40, also known as the Bow-Tie Nebula, in Cepheus.

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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