Here are the statistics of my observations, types of objects versus months. My astronomical year starts in June, because there is no darkness and practically no astronomy. I manage to find some planets though, and some double stars - with the help of GOTO.
The real observing starts in August. I observe double stars, probably because of mere inertia, and everything else, beside the Moon - I just don't need it. September is even better, but October quickly brings observing almost to nil - because of the weather.
In December the weather seems to improve - even though it is hard to believe right now. Globular clusters are gone, but the winter darkness promotes observation of diffuse nebulae. There are plenty of them in our own spiral arm of Milky Way (the Orion arm), which the Earth faces during the winter nights. Also the Moon and the planets are high in the sky during the winter.
The spring brings hordes of galaxies and hides the open clusters from the view, but that happy time abruptly ends in May when the darkness disappears again. Out of pure desperation I proceed with observing of double stars and planets - until the next season.
Dmitri
The real observing starts in August. I observe double stars, probably because of mere inertia, and everything else, beside the Moon - I just don't need it. September is even better, but October quickly brings observing almost to nil - because of the weather.
In December the weather seems to improve - even though it is hard to believe right now. Globular clusters are gone, but the winter darkness promotes observation of diffuse nebulae. There are plenty of them in our own spiral arm of Milky Way (the Orion arm), which the Earth faces during the winter nights. Also the Moon and the planets are high in the sky during the winter.
The spring brings hordes of galaxies and hides the open clusters from the view, but that happy time abruptly ends in May when the darkness disappears again. Out of pure desperation I proceed with observing of double stars and planets - until the next season.
Dmitri
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