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"But I can't draw!"It's a complaint many an art teacher is all too familiar with. Perhaps you had the same thought upon discovering that our topic this month is astronomical sketching. Sketching at the eyepiece isn't as hard as you might think, as long as you don't rush. Besides a telescope and eyepieces, you'll need a clipboard, a sheet of paper with a circle on it to represent the field of view,...
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February 2006: Home to a magnificent 1st-magnitude star and a delightful array of deep-space sights, Canis Major is a veritable winter playground for the astronomy enthusiast. By
Glenn Chaple //
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