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Moon photo, and a drawing of a lunar crater

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View larger. | A waxing gibbous moon. The insert shows a drawing of the lunar crater Copernicus. Photo and drawing by Jean-Baptiste Feldmann. Visit Jean-Baptiste Feldmann - photographies. — View larger. | A waxing gibbous moon. The insert shows a drawing of the lunar crater Copernicus. Photo and drawing by Jean-Baptiste Feldmann. Visit Jean-Baptiste Feldmann – photographies.

Jean-Baptiste Feldmann posted this photo and drawing on EarthSky Facebook on January 11, 2014. He wrote:

Drawing of the lunar crater Copernicus. Located in the western part of the Oceanus Procellarum, Copernicus is a superb 93-km-diameter lunar crater formed less than a billion years following the tremendous impact of a small asteroid. Mounting below presents a photograph of the waxing gibbous moon (taken with a Finepix HS20 housing) and a drawing of the crater close-up (directed to the telescope with a magnification of 200 times).

Thank you, Jean-Baptiste!

For more astronomical drawings, visit the website Belt of Venus

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Deborah Byrd (asteroid 3505 Byrd) helps edit EarthSky.org and is a frequent host of EarthSky videos. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named in her honor in 1990, a Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2003, and the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society in 2020. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.