A short guide to observing
· 2 min read
Dark adaptation takes twenty minutes and one bright screen to ruin. I wrote most of this on a calm Tuesday morning.
Journal
All entries, in order.
What I learned from star hopping
· 3 min read
The moon is not an obstacle; it is the easiest target there is. Clouds rolled in an hour after sunset, as they so often do.
Revisiting double stars
· 2 min read
Sketching at the eyepiece makes you actually look. Binoculars show more of the sky than most people expect.
Observing nebulae in July
· 2 min read
I keep coming back to clear nights, largely because it rewards time.
Chasing star clusters
· 2 min read
A good star chart beats any app when your hands are cold.
A slower way to think about nebulae
· 2 min read
None of this is new, and that is partly why it works.
A dark night for star charts
· 1 min read
Sketching at the eyepiece makes you actually look.
Letters from the back garden
· 2 min read
Looking back, the patient approach was the right call. A good star chart beats any app when your hands are cold.
The autumn sky
· 2 min read
You can get unexpectedly far with a star chart and some time. Sketching at the eyepiece makes you actually look.
Why planets still matters
· 2 min read
Dark adaptation takes twenty minutes and one bright screen to ruin. It took me nine attempts to see the pattern.