Compiled by planetary scientist Charles Wood and published in the April 2004 issue of Sky and Telescope, the list is ordered from easiest to most difficult. My goal is to sketch each of these objects at the telescope, not from other drawings or photographs.
1 Moon
2 Earthshine
3 Mare/highland dichotomy
4 Apennines
5 Copernicus
6 Tycho
7 Altai Scarp
8 Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catharina
9 Clavius
10 Mare Crisium
11 Aristarchus
12 Proclus
13 Gassendi
14 Sinus Iridum
15 Straight Wall
16 Petavius
17 Schröter’s Valley
18 Mare Serenitatis dark edges
19 Alpine Valley
20 Posidonius
21 Fracastorius
22 Aristarchus Plateau
23 Pico
24 Hyginus Rille
25 Messier & Messier A
26 Mare Frigoris
27 Archimedes
28 Hipparchus
29 Ariadaeus Rille
30 Schiller
31 Taruntius
32 Arago Alpha & Beta
33 Serpentine Ridge
34 Lacus Mortis
35 Treisnecker Rilles
36 Grimaldi basin
37 Bailly
38 Sabine & Ritter
39 Schickard
40 Janssen Rille
41 Bessel ray
42 Marius Hills
43 Wargentin
44 Mersenius
45 Maurolycus
46 Regiomontanus central peak
47 Alphonsus dark spots
48 Cauchy region
49 Gruithuisen Delta & Gamma
50 Cayley Plains
51 Davy crater chain
52 Crüger
53 Lamont
54 Hippalus Rilles
55 Baco
56 Australe basin
57 Reiner Gamma
58 Rheita Valley
59 Schiller-Zucchius basin
60 Kies Pi
61 Mösting A
62 Rümker
63 Imbrium sculpture
64 Descartes
65 Hortensius domes
66 Hadley Rille
67 Fra Mauro formation
68 Flamsteed P
69 Copernicus secondary craters
70 Humboldtianum basin
71 Sulpicius Gallus dark mantle
72 Atlas dark-halo craters
73 Smythii basin
74 Copernicus H
75 Ptolemaeus B
76 W. Bond
77 Sirsalis Rille
78 Lambert R
79 Sinus Aestuum
80 Orientale basin
81 Hesiodus A
82 Linné
83 Plato craterlets
84 Pitatus
85 Langrenus rays
86 Prinz Rilles
87 Humbolt
88 Peary
89 Valentine Dome
90 Armstrong, Aldrin & Collins
91 De Gasparis Rilles
92 Gylden Valley
93 Dionsysius rays
94 Drygalski
95 Procellarum basin
96 Leibnitz Mountains
97 Inghirami Valley
98 Imbrium lava flows
99 Ina
100 Mare Marginis swirls
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