Go Observe Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was born in the city Torun, Poland in 1473. After many decades of observation and study he came to write a book called ” On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres “. It was published in 1543 shortly after his death. This book was pivotal in the acceptance that the sun is in the centre of our solar system orbited by the planets. Copernicus made many contributions to astronomy, therefore a crater of massive proportions was named for him on the moons surface. Copernicus Crater June 2nd 2009 From memory I was tired when I started this drawing, it has been a busy day. Because I ended the session early I therefore considered the drawing unfinished. However, looking back on it some details are worth noting. From my point of view, if I do not finish the sketch at the eyepiece it never gets finished at all. Someone suggested to me that I could finish it using photographic … Continue reading →