Beyond Herschel 400 – Open road ahead

Right now the status of my visual deep sky observing program is like this: Caldwell -catalogue (82/109 observed, 3 objects observable from Finland still to be observed) Hidden treasures -catalogue by Stephen O’Meara (93/109 observed, 3 objects observable from Finland still to be observed) Herschel 400 I (256/400 observed, 116 objects observable from Finland still …

Plan for variable star observing for season 2016-2017

In my previous post, I made a personal, semi-scientific, qualitative mini-review on my variable star observations during season 2015-2016. In this post, I'm going to present my variable star observing plan for season 2016-2017. During observing season 2016-2017, Im going to continue observing variable stars visually with 10x50 binoculars. Based on my conclusions I presented …