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Glow-in-the-dark planisphere tells you which constellations are up for any date or time, and at a moment’s notice!Seasonal star charts display the locations of the best deep-sky objects for summer, winter, spring, and autumnHeavy card stock with a protective overcoat holds up to years of usePlastic spiral binding lets star charts lay flatFor use in the Northern Hemisphere only
I've been into the hobby for 6 months or so. Bought myself an 8" dobsonian reflector, and a couple higher quality lenses for it. I have been keeping a journal of my progress, but I am just doing simple writeups of my findings and the conditions/location of any given night of observing.
I bought a couple books that have been a big help in navigating the night sky.. one is the a sky chart by Celestron:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000665V8
The other is called "night watch" and is a complete beginners guide to the night sky/astronomy and has also been very helpful, and I highly recommend it -
http://www.amazon.ca/NightWatch-Practical-Guide-Viewing-Universe/dp/1552093026
I downloaded a quite powerful app for my iPhone called "GoSkyWatch" and I'd say it's been by biggest ally. It utilizes gps as well as accellerometer/gyro functionality, so by simply holding my phone up it shows me exactly what I'm looking at, and also locates what I need to find.
I've gotten out around a dozen times so far, and am finally getting into a groove and knocking off lots of deep space objects. Of all the galaxies/nebula/clusters I've found... I still gotta say nothing quite affects me like locking onto Saturn and seeing it drift through my field of view. After that though, the first time I saw M81 and M82 galaxies in the same field blew me away, and M31 Andromeda galaxy is always a pleasure. Really looking forward to winter months and getting a chance to look around Orion and it's hidden gems within.