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Log

All entries, in order.

Notes on Moonless Nebulae

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

On Star Hopping and Sketching At the Eyepiece

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.

Double Stars in Winter

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

A Naked-eye Night for the Milky Way

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

Letters from a Dark-sky Site

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