Saturn sketched by Patrick Moore, 24-inch telescope at 815x, made on February 24, 1980, at 7:45 UT. David J. Eicher libraryA few weeks ago, I began one of the bravest tasks I’ve ever taken on: cleaning my basement thoroughly, down to a level of going through each of thousands of papers, for the first time in 20 years. In the process, I unearthed a forgotten surprise, a box of carefully preserved and packaged astronomical drawings from 45 amateur astronomers scattered across the globe. The amateu...