2017-11-20, 09:55 PM
Love double star observing (and imaging). I find that SkyTools 3 Pro is an amazing assistant in this, on multiple levels (no pun intended).
I use ST3P for planning, obviously. On "regular" dark sky observing sessions I often use the Nightly Observing List Generator and let it add some new doubles. I usually have a few I need to revisit so I manually add those. At full Moon times, I will focus solely on doubles.
I have a few double star observing lists that I regularly refer to. Some I've downloaded and some I've made. For example, I'm trying to complete all of the entries in the RASC Coloured Doubles list.
During an observing session, I will often use SkyTools to help me identify all the noted elements in a multi-star system.
And I use ST3P afterwards, during my log notes updating and publishing, to verify what I saw, and identify targets I need to return to.
I have viewed over 1100 systems. And counting.
cheers,
Blake
I use ST3P for planning, obviously. On "regular" dark sky observing sessions I often use the Nightly Observing List Generator and let it add some new doubles. I usually have a few I need to revisit so I manually add those. At full Moon times, I will focus solely on doubles.
I have a few double star observing lists that I regularly refer to. Some I've downloaded and some I've made. For example, I'm trying to complete all of the entries in the RASC Coloured Doubles list.
During an observing session, I will often use SkyTools to help me identify all the noted elements in a multi-star system.
And I use ST3P afterwards, during my log notes updating and publishing, to verify what I saw, and identify targets I need to return to.
I have viewed over 1100 systems. And counting.
cheers,
Blake
cheers,
Blake
Blake