I write up many of my observing sessions in a diary-like format, and post the best ones to the Televue users' group on Yahoo. A number of these reports are reproduced below. In addition, I have recently started sketching as a way to record my planetary observations, and have included scans of my sketches on this site.
Leonids in Virginia 19 Nov. 2002
Superb Saturn Last Night 21 Jan. 2003
Another New Toy: 4mm Radian 08 Feb. 2003
2 Planets, an Eskimo, and 1--no, 2--stars! 04 March 2003
Mars at Last!, 06 June 2003, with sketch.
Mars re-visited, Fireball Meteor, 22 June 2003, with sketch.
Mars in Excellent Seeing, 24 June 2003, with sketch.
Compare the sketch to these CCD images by
Ed Grafton and
Donald Bates. (Note that the images show south at top, opposite from my sketch.)
Mars in the Dew and Dust, 5 July 2003, with sketch.
Moon/Mars Conjunction, 17 July 2003, with sketch.
Compare the sketch to this amazing
photo by Russ Croman. (Click on the image for the high-resolution version.) While you're there, check out the rest of Russ's images at www.rc-astro.com.
Dark-Sky Star Party, 26 July 2003
More Great Mars Viewing, 8 Sept. 2003, with sketch.
My First Jupiter Sketch, 28 Feb. 2004
