Last time I had an observing session I felt the need of a good observing sheet, complete will all the fields and tables, with appropriate space for sketches and notes. Forms which look clean and contain data capture areas exhaustively. I searched the internet and found many sheets but none of them were “simple, exact, exhaustive and clean”. So I decided to make one myself, combining the good points of all the sheets I had seen. The one from Jay’s Astronomy Blog was by far the best; I tried to improvise on it.
I made sure all data fields are considered. I tried to subdivide various divisible fields such as Location (latitude, Longitude, Altitude), Subject (Name, ID, Magnitude, Distance, RA, Dec, Alt, Az, Constellation), Eyepiece (mm, Type, Magnification) etc, in an effort to ease out data gathering process. The following documents are a result:
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| Astronomical Observation Record Sheet Template (color) |
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| Astronomical Observation Record Sheet Template |
Please feel free to download and use these documents, it’s not only for myself but for you too, if you wish to use it. If you feel some changes are required go ahead and make one of your own and share, or suggest me those changes by leaving a comment. It’s my promise I will make the changes and make the newer document available within two days. Lets pray fort clear skies and awesome sessions ahead. Cheers!
DOWNLOAD LINK:
Go to the link and choose 'Download Original' from 'File' in upper left side of the screen.
I guess I am not the only one having all the enjoyment here! keep up the good work
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