Astrologs Observing Logs - Cloudy Nights The observing form is broken into two sections and covers the front and back of the same page The top section of each form contains entries for the particular observing session (time, date, location, seeing transparency, limiting magnitude, etc) * The main observing form is an extended table with room for 20 separate observations
Suburban Deep Sky Observing Sketching - Cloudy Nights For my observing style, I have found that a four-inch achromat refractor on an equatorial mount provides for the best combination of portability, affordability, and image sharpness Regardless of your choice instrument, the principle factor in successful deep sky observing from a suburban location is contrast
Observing Abell 2151: The Hercules Cluster - Cloudy Nights Observing Abell 2151 Observing Abell 2151: The Hercules Cluster Alan Kane - 7 09 Click on the image above for a full size (and more readable useable) image The area in Hercules bordering Serpens Caput has always interested me due the remoteness of many of the visible galaxies in that area, many
SKY ATLAS 2000. 0 Deluxe Version, 2nd Edition - Cloudy Nights Ever since 1981, when it supplanted Becvar's ATLAS OF THE HEAVENS 1950, SKY ATLAS 2000 0 has been truly one of the "standard" wide-field atlases for the amateur astronomer interested in locating and observing deep-sky objects It was often the atlas most relied upon by amateurs working on the Mes
Nightwatch by Terence Dickinson, 3rd Edition - Observing Books . . . "Nightwatch" by Terence Dickinson is one of those astronomy books that you know from the first minute you pick it up, will always be part of your library and part of your "core" observing session resources If you are like me, keeping things simple when going out to observe is a must and "Nightwa
100 Binocular Deep Sky Objects for Observing as Groups An observing . . . 100 Binocular Deep Sky Objects for Observing as Groups An observing list from the logs of Ed Zarenski e-field viewing and there just aren’t a lot of wide-field objects to view, so where should I look? My answer to those questions eep Sky Objects, all listed in groups, sometimes 3 or 4 in a gr
The Atmosphere and Observing - A guide to Astronomical seeing. Fig 04: Above is a chart showing the observed conditions at my observing sites over 3 Jupiter apparitions The results show sites with reasonably good stability The data revealed the best seeing usually occurs during July-October, with the poorest seeing occurring during December, but again improving during February March
How To Build a Portable Astronomy Hutch - Cloudy Nights A PORTABLE, DEW-PROOF, ASTRONOMY HUTCH This article describes how I designed and built a portable, collapsible observing hutch Introduction Drip, drip, drip the dispiriting drip of damp dew drops drenching my treasured Hartung's 2 nd Edition and Norton's Star Atlas, dripping from the roof of the makeshift wooden crate that housed them became intolerable I determined I had to find a better
USING FILTERS FOR LUNAR PLANETARY OBSERVATION - Cloudy Nights Using Filters for Lunar Planetary Observation by: William A Paolini, September 17, 2020 1 Overview For the vast majority of my astronomical observing life, over 50 years, I have never used filters of any kind for planets or otherwise But after half a century of reading the extraordinary claims
Observing on the Go: Explore Scientific Two-Room Observatory Tent Two rooms with a view Credit: Explore Scientific At one time or another, every observer wants an observatory of one's own Even a very basic backyard observatory means that your telescope and equipment has shelter from the elements, and is set up and ready to go at a moment’s notice: no hauling