Sketching at the telescope: Joe Caruso’s Whirlpool Galaxy

Posted by David Eicher
on Thursday, June 24, 2010
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) sketched by Joe Caruso using a 10-inch reflector. David J. Eicher library
Today’s sketch is one by Joe Caruso showing the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) in Canes Venatici.

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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