Sketching at the telescope: Bob Erdmann’s NGC 3887

Posted by David Eicher
on Monday, June 21, 2010
NGC 3887 sketched by Bob Erdmann using a 16-inch f/5 reflector at 100x, from Magma, Arizona. David J. Eicher library
We begin the week with a sketch by Arizona observer Bob Erdmann showing the galaxy NGC 3887 in Crater.

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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