Sketching at the telescope: A. J. Crayon’s NGC 6520 and B86

Posted by David Eicher
on Wednesday, June 30, 2010
NGC 6520 and B86 sketched by A. J. Crayon using an 8-inch f/6 reflector at 80x. David J. Eicher library
This “sketching at the telescope” edition features a drawing by Arizona observer A. J. Crayon showing the open star cluster NGC 6520 in Sagittarius and the nearby dark nebula B86.

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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