Planispheres & Binoculars
This videos topic: Some advice for beginning your hobby in amateur astronomy and how to use a planisphere.
Always remember that the most important tools are your eyes. Go out under the stars and look up!
Music: "Car Wash" by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek From the soundtrack to Unfaithful (Score)
The album can be found on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon .com/Unfaithful-Scor e-Jan-P-Kaczmarek/dp /B000066C1M
THE ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
A few suggestions on what to write:
1) Date and time.(Local time and universal time.)
2) Weather and sky conditions.(Is it windy or cloudy? Light pollution level?)
3) Object observed.
4) Seeing conditions.(Is the image shimmering or steady?)
5) Object details.
6) Your impressions, emotions while observing the object.