Moon Occulting Venus – Dec 7, 2015
2015 Dec 7 – ingress
2015 dec 7 – egress
Despite the daytime observing session, Venus and the Moon were in full view with the unaided eye. The animation below was created using a sequence of sketches drawn at the eyepiece on black Strathmore Artagain paper and a combination of white watercolor pencil and Conte’ crayon and a black oil pencil. Rough blending was achieved with my fingertips and fine blending with a paper towel.
I photographed the sketches and then used Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 to swap out the black color of the paper for a bluish background to better represent the eyepiece view. Blue paper would have been the better option but I had none none on hand.
The orientation is as seen through my refractor.
PCW Memorial Observatory - Erika Rix 