March 30th, 2009 by Hersey
A new version of Stellarium was released earlier this month. Download the Stellarium 0.10.2 from http://www.stellarium.org/ Stellarium is planetarium software that allows you to get a view of the sky past, present, and future. Awesome tool for planning your observation sessions.
January 12th, 2009 by Hersey
Scope: NexStar 60 SLT Refractor Eyepieces: 32mm Plossl, 20mm Plossl, 15mm Plossl Date Time: 1/12/2009 6:45 – 8:00 PM Objects: M31, M33, Venus, M43 Tonight was just a quick look. The weather was calling for a mostly clear sky and I just wanted to take advantage of it, even if it was only for a [...]
January 10th, 2009 by Hersey
One of the things I am going to try to do better this year is document or log my observations. I have a nice log book, but I am not sure that I like the format. I would prefer to just write some free form notes. I will probably come up with some kind of [...]