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Logged my 200th backyard observation and Saturn still gives me goosebumps every time
I keep a simple spiral notebook and a $15 stopwatch. Last night I hit number 200 since I started in April. I never expected to stick with it that long. Most nights I just step out for 10 minutes with my 4.5 inch dob and a lawn chair. Saturn with the rings tilted was the highlight again. It never gets old. I also caught two satellites crossing the same patch of sky in under 3 minutes. Anyone else keep a running count or is that just my weird habit?
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simonhunt18h ago
Man, I gotta push back on this one. Keeping a count just turns a chill night under the stars into a chore where you're chasing a number instead of actually looking up, and before you know it you're skipping clear skies because you already hit your quota for the week. Plus a $15 stopwatch and a notebook isn't really doing anything for you, you'd get the same awe out of Saturn whether it's night 5 or night 500, so the tally is just clutter in my book. And let's be real, half the fun of this hobby is losing track of time out there, not logging it like you're clocking in at a job. If you ditched the notebook for a month I bet you wouldn't miss it at all, you'd just be out there staring at rings like the rest of us, lol.
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