TONIGHT'S WINDOW
A slow tour
through Cygnus
Start at Albireo, drift north to the Veil, then finish with the open cluster M39 before moonrise.
PERSONAL NIGHT-SKY ARCHIVE
Good evening, Alex.
Clear spells after midnight. A quiet window for the northern sky.
SKYMostly clear
SEEING3 / 5 · Average
MOONWaxing · 98%
A slow tour
LUNAR PHASE
Waxing gibbous
98%Illuminated
13.2 dMoon age
21:18Moonrise
CELESTIAL EVENTS
On the horizon
12AUG
METEOR SHOWER
Perseids at maximum
Radiant climbs after 22:00 · up to 90/hour
72%
19AUG
CONJUNCTION
Moon near Jupiter
Low in the western sky shortly after dusk
61%
28AUG
LUNAR
Partial lunar eclipse
Maximum eclipse at 04:13 UTC
68%
RECENT OBSERVATIONS
From the logbook
2026 FIELD NOTES
A year under the stars
12SESSIONS
Hours observed27.4 hrs
Objects logged38
New discoveries14
THE LOGBOOK
Observations
Every clear hour, carefully remembered.
AUGUST 2026
Sky calendar
Events worth stepping outside for.
MeteorLunarPlanetary
August 2026
MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN
38 OBJECTS LOGGED
Object catalogue
A growing atlas of familiar lights.
EMISSION NEBULA · ORION
Messier 42
The Great Orion Nebula
5 sessions · Best: Jan 14
OPEN CLUSTER · TAURUS
Messier 45
The Pleiades
3 sessions
PLANET · SOLAR SYSTEM
Jupiter
The gas giant
7 sessions
GALACTIC CORE · SAGITTARIUS
Milky Way
Summer dust lanes and the Great Rift
4 sessions · Dark sky requiredFIELD REFERENCE
Notes & fragments
Questions, sketches, and things to try next time.
Collimation routine
Check the secondary before twilight. Fine-tune on Polaris at 240× once the mirror has cooled for at least forty minutes.
UPDATED JUL 21Late-summer galaxies
NGC 7331 first, then try for Stephan’s Quintet with the 13 mm. Make a proper transparency comparison.
UPDATED JUL 18Veil filter comparison
Repeat the eastern arc with OIII and UHC from the same site. Which preserves the surrounding star field better?
UPDATED JUL 11“The sky was not perfectly dark, but it felt deep enough to fall into.”JUN 24 · NORTH RIDGE