The top portion just links to the old site and the observations there.
At the bottom, I put links to the new system. This should be easier to maintain–so i it is no problem to have the same observation under multiple categories (open cluster, Messier object, and binocular observation for example) and with multiple ways [...]

Here is a “beta” of my Observation Report system.
In addition, you can use these links:
www.astrosketches.info/obslog.php?orderby=Date,Start&List=Messier
will (when I am done) show all my Messier object observations (currently, two of them are under this list).
www.astrosketches.info/obslog.php?orderby=Date,Start&ObjectType=DoubleStar

will show all double star observations. There are similar searches that can be done:
www.astrosketches.info/obslog.php?orderby=Date,Start&Constellation=Lyra
for all the objects found in Lyra,
www.astrosketches.info/obslog.php?orderby=Date,Start&InstrumentType=Telescope
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go to www.openoffice.org to download the free/open source office software. It can read and write Microsoft Office files (though some rarely-used features don’t translate well–for example, this observation form uses features specific to OpenOffice Writer and won’t look very good in Microsoft Word). Attached is the observation form I currently use for my [...]

As you can see, I think I’ve fixed the problem with commenting.
Currently you have to register to comment…send mail to blog@astrosketches.com if registering doesn’t work.
I have more observations to post–I’m a bit behind here.
The old page (not updated for a time) is still there: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze33d9w/astronomy/
I’ve transferred all the posts over, but not yet the [...]

I am quickly using up the space that came with my Verizon website account, so I am working (kind of slowly!) on moving [...]

typical Maryland summer weather.  Add to that thunderstorms today.  It’s been a few days since I’ve been able to observe.  I stepped outside at 3am a couple nights ago and saw Vega.  That was all I saw!  Vega just was able to puncture through the haze.

I’ve done a little Wikipedia editing.  Specifically, I’ve added (very [...]

so I went out after midnight (and didn’t get out of bed till 3pm today!) with binoculars and lounge chair and clipboard. [...]

Last night, I posted a method for converting between linear FOV and angular FOV. I have since simplified the procedure [...]

The night wasn’t great, but it was good (especially when I quit, around 1am–by then, the Milky Way was visible in Cygnus [...]

again, nontelescopic. They are on my photo page with the other photos. Added are Lyra and Hercules. I can use GIMP on the Hercules photo to bring out the globular cluster M13, but only by ruining the rest of the image. Note in Lyra that Epsilon Lyrae (the double double) is [...]