This link is both to an observation of Sadr, AKA Gamma Cygni, from tonight, and to an image from Starry Night software for comparisson.  This is a particularly good area for binoculars, being in the milky way.  Sadr has always been a favorite of mine for binocular observation.  It is also good for testing the [...]

Here is observation #50.  I have now submitted my Binocular Messier list for approval for the Binocular Messier Certificate.

I added five objects to my Binocular Messier list.  All were low in the southwestern sky, soon to be out of season.  This means I have 49 of the 50 I need.  I tried to get one more…just one more.  But I was unable to detect M30 (I realize now I looked in the wrong [...]

Tonight, having finished the long drive home from Niagara Falls, slowly I turned to the sky to see that it was clearer than has been usual this late summer.  It is the time of year that two objects I had yet to add to my Binocular Messier list were well placed in the sky, just [...]

The weather has not cooperated for a while, and even tonight it wasn’t so great–look how late I stayed up looking for reasonable observing, though not great observing.  I have yet to try the new eyepiece for attaching my camera to my scope, but did binocular observations instead.  I re-did M42 and M45, and added [...]