Regarding log format, I found and use the PDF observation logs at the American Assoc of Amateur Astronomers website (http://www.corvus.com/aa01006.htm (scroll to the bottom)). They also have PDF versions of a lot of the AL clubs on that same page. Very handy stuff. Aaron

-----Original Message----- From: Richard Tenney [mailto:retenney@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 1:20 PM To: Utah Valley Astronomy Association Subject: Re: [UVAA] Observing goals

David,

I'm nearly halfway through the Herschel-400 program, and I'm very much enjoying it (despite the frustration of having almost all of the summer objects and less than 1/3 of the winter/spring objects due to our fickle weather here). If nothing else you sharpen your observing skills, and it forces you to spend a bit more time at the eyepiece really seeing what's there. It's also a nice tour of some of the better deep sky gems out there on beyond Messier.

As has already been mentioned, I'd start with the lunar and/or messier programs and expand from there. I had already observed all the messier objects (some of them dozens of times) in previous years of observing before I found out about the AL programs, so the logs I have are not in the AL required format (with the exception of a few that overlap into the H-400). I'll probably go back and do them again one of these days for consistency, and I'm fairly sure a few of the items on my M-list I've only visited once (what can I say, M-marathons are not my cup of tea). I've also done about half of the lunar program so far.

FWIW, Rich

--- David Trevino <dotrevino@yahoo.com> wrote:

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I would like to ask the list if anyone out there has experience with such clubs?

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