Sketching
I have been making small sketches of different objects in my observation log for a while. Most of these are more just to reference the position of moons or a bright star in a cluster but some of them have actually turned out to be a pretty good representation of what I see through eyepiece. I am going to start practicing this a bit more and hopefully take it to the next level.
I have created a page to add to my log book with a circle to represent the eyepiece. The circle has a light grid in it to help me with spacing and such. There is space to record all the necessary information (Object, location, date, time, equipment, seeing, transparency, notes, etc).
Download the blank sketch document here: Object_Sketch.doc
I found several references around the Internet for different sketch circles, I did not find any that included a grid layout. I think the grid will be useful especially for a beginner (such as myself) specifically when trying to accurately represent the size, location in the FOV, and space between objects.
Here is a preview of what the blank sheet looks like:
