A small planet of notes
Observing logs, hand sketches and slow experiments with modest backyard optics. No rush, no big telescopes — just clear skies when we get them.
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Saturn, a week past opposition
Cassini's division finally showed up at 150× once the seeing settled around midnight.
Collimating a 6-inch Dobsonian
A laser, a Cheshire eyepiece and one cup of tea: the routine that finally worked.
Pencil study of M13
Forty minutes at the eyepiece, a soft pencil and a lot of averted vision.