Sketching at the telescope: Phillip W. Budine’s edge-on Saturn

on Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Saturn sketched by Phillip W. Budine with an 8-inch reflector at 200x, May 15, 1966, from 8h15m to 9h30m UT, from Binghamton, New York. David J. Eicher library

This “sketching at the telescope” edition features a drawing by Phillip W. Budine of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers. His sketch shows Saturn in 1966, when its rings were edge-on to our line of sight.

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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