Astro Log

They say it's a good idea to keep a log. All right, here's the log home. The individual pages are listed to the right.

I started my first log in June of this year. I've been out about three times since and haven't written anything.

Favorite Stuff

My favorite objects (in rough order):

Saturn (especially when deeply inclined like a few years ago, the recent Titan transits were pretty awesome)
Jupiter (especially transits (that one night this summer where there were multiple transits/eclipses was very very very cool. I've never really seen the Great Red Spot, but did see that recent impact spot)
M13, Hercules Cluster
Omega Centauri (this actually might be my favorite thing)
Whirlpool Galaxy (from a dark site, when you can see the arms)
M81 and M82 (an elongated 100-billion star smudge and a round 100-billion star smudge, both in the same field of view)
Orion Nebula
Leo Triplets
Galaxies with visible structure (NGC 891 (only saw that recently, nice vein!), Sombrero
Moon (I need to spend more time on it, since it's so easy from the backyard
Galaxy groups (although I've only really seen M81/M82, the Leo Triplets, and about four in Virgo)

Things I don't appreciate much, probably because my equipment isn't geared towards it or I haven't spent enought time on it to appreciatet them:

M82, the Cigar Galaxy (a starburst or "exploding" Galaxy), shot pre-Dash, with a Meade DSI and the C11-SGT.