Sketching at the telescope: Christopher Heil’s M87

Posted by David Eicher
on Thursday, July 22, 2010

Christopher Heil's M87 

Galaxies M87, NGC 4476, and NGC 4478 sketched by Christopher Heil using an 8-inch f/10 SCT at 120x from Silver Spring, Maryland. 

David J. Eicher library 

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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