https://sun.claypitpottery.shop/ 2026-10-25T13:13:00Z Soren Mertens https://sun.claypitpottery.shop/log/notes-on-moonless-nebulae/2026-10-25T13:13:00Z

Thanks for reading, and for the kind observations that keep arriving. Sketching at the eyepiece makes you actually look.

https://sun.claypitpottery.shop/log/on-star-hopping-and-sketching-at-the-eyepiece/2026-07-07T10:06:00Z

It is effortless to overthink aligning a mount. It is harder to just start. Clouds rolled in an hour after sunset, as they so often do.

https://sun.claypitpottery.shop/log/double-stars-in-winter/2026-05-06T09:38:00Z

Clouds rolled in an hour after sunset, as they so often do.

https://sun.claypitpottery.shop/log/a-naked-eye-night-for-the-milky-way/2026-02-26T02:43:00Z

Between waiting for clear skies and star hopping, the second one taught me more.

https://sun.claypitpottery.shop/log/letters-from-a-dark-sky-site/2025-10-25T23:43:00Z

The best advice I got was plainly to slow down. Good star clusters is for the most part a series of small, unglamorous decisions.