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Night Sky Tracker: Backyard Astronomer's Logbook

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If you're just starting out with organized observation and you're interested in becoming an accomplished amateur astronomer, logging your observations is key. This book can help you. The logs are the real substance of the book, and the thoughtful anti-dew design allows for logging while you observe even on damp nights. The informational section is solid and helpful as well, but you will need other books for more specific sky charts and object location tips.

My family got this book a couple years ago, around the time we got our first telescope. My wife and I logged all of our astronomical achievements in it, and putting things down on paper helped greatly in remembering what we saw and connecting it with resources in other books. We've since rather outgrown this book's templates (we like to sketch key astronomical objects, and there's not much room for that here), but it was a great start.

Highly organized, beginning star gazers will love this log book as a companion to their evening adventures. The books contains great information and explanations. It is user friendly and fresh.