Sketching at the telescope: Randy Tatum’s details of Jupiter

Posted by David Eicher
on Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Jupiter detail sketched by Randy Tatum using the 31-inch Cassegrain telescope at 236x at the University of Virginia’s Fan Mountain Observatory, October 17, 1987. David J. Eicher library
This “sketching at the telescope” edition features a sketch by Randy Tatum showing Jupiter’s bands and belts as they appeared on October 17, 1987.

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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