Planets - a few of my best drawings of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
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Mars
January 10, 1993
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 608x, no filters
August 26, 2003
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 625x, with binoviewer
Red, Orange, Salmon, Violet, UHC filters
12:15 am and 2:50 am PDT
August 27, 2003
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 390x to 521x, with binoviewer
Red, Orange, Salmon, Violet, UHC filters
12:50 am PDT
August 27, 2003
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 390x, with binoviewer, no filters
Closest approach, 2:51 am PDT
August 30, 2003
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 300x, with binoviewer
Heavy wildfire smoke filter
August 30, 2003 - Deimos and Phobos
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 300x with binoviewer
Heavy wildfire smoke filter
August 31, 2003
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 300x with binoviewer, no filters
September 1, 2003
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 300x with binoviewer, no filters
September 26, 2003
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 300x with binoviewer, light orange filter
April 19, 2012
28-inch f/4 Newtonian, 695x, no filters
July 14, 2018
28-inch f/4 Newtonian, 253x, no filters
Global dust storm
August 11, 2018
28-inch f/4 Newtonian, 253x and 408x, no filters
Global dust storm
August 12, 2018
28-inch f/4 Newtonian, 408x, no filters
Global dust storm
Jupiter
September 3, 1973
8-inch f/4 Newtonian, no recorded magnification
(My very first astronomical sketch)
July 18, 1994: Comet SL-9 impacts
8-inch f/4 Newtonian, 344x, no filter
July 19 and 20, 1994: Comet SL-9 impacts
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 242x, #11 yellow-green filter
July 21, July 23 and July 25, 1995: Comet SL-9 impacts
8-inch f/4 Newtonian, 242x, #11 yellow-green filter
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 280x, #11 yellow-green filter
8-inch f/4 Newtonian, 344x, #11 yellow-green filter
July 29, 1994: Comet SL-9 impacts
8-inch f/5 Newtonian, 184x, no filter
August 2, 1997
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 421x, #11 yellow/green filter
July 25, 1998
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 182x to 526x, no filters
October 24, 2000
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 500x with binoviewer, no filters
January 25, 2014
28-inch f/4 Newtonian, 408x, no filter
Saturn
August 29, 1997
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 721x, no filters
(note the spokes in the A ring)
August 22, 1998
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 721x, no filters
September 8, 1999
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 1032x, no filters
(my first unequivocal observation of Encke's Gap)
August 31, 2000
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 625x, no filters
August 16, 2001
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 500x with binoviewer
December 1, 2002
20-inch f/5 Obsession, 625x, binoviewer, no filters
May 30, 2009, 10:10 pm to 11:05 pm PDT - Titan shadow transit
28-inch f/4 Newtonian, 295x with binoviewer, no filters
April 19, 2012
28-inch f/4 Newtonian, 695x, no filters
