The Orion Nebula (M42) sketched by Larry McHenry with a 13.1-inch f/4.5 reflector at 143x, March 21, 1988. David J. Eicher libraryNext from my basement cache of astronomical drawings comes a sketch of the Orion Nebula (M42) from Kentucky observer Larry McHenry.
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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