Hi everyone,
beeing relatively new to the mailing list and still waiting for my first
"live encounter" with you, I wonder about this mysterious place called
"Dino". You all mention it frequently without having it on your observing
site list on the web (and I could not find it with my map program neither
...)
somebody up to enlighten me on that one?
Thanks
Stefan
-----Original Message-----
From: Dillon, Dillon, & Kuh [mailto:mavericks@No-Spam]
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:25 PM
To: sf-bay-tac@No-Spam
Subject: [TAC] Method of Recording Observed Objects..., plus OI Peak
Yesterday's thread, I know, but I gotta get back into the habit of checking
the TAC archives. I just hit a milestone, filling up the logbook I started
21 January '99 with Felix's first light. That method still works great for
me, making narrative entries in a bound book. I make myself write a
description for every new object. Be starting the 2nd book tonight in fact
up on the Peak. The kind of blank book that art supply stores carry. I
still find that writing notes at night is anything but a waste of time, but
makes for better observations.
Blanchard's FileMaker setup is great for compiling observations, with the
NGC+ as a background. I transcribe from paper to database. Can do all kinds
of crosschecks, compare observations of one object from months apart, you
name it.
Tell you how the Peak went.
JD
Jamie Dillon <mavericks@No-Spam>
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