The Astronomy Logbook Project

Here, you can download some pre-made logbooks for some lists of objects. You can use these for observing projects.
These are huge files (100s of Megabytes), so you sure want to check out some sample pages before you download.

Known issue with this version: Coordinates of bright stars are slightly off, due to a misinterpretation of the Hipparcos catalog epoch as J2000.0 instead of J1991.25. It should, however, not really affect usability significantly. Just know that the positions of bright stars may be off by about 1 or 2 arcminutes.

Messier Logbook

A4

Letter

  • 110 Messier objects
  • One page per object
  • Only one finder chart per object (~ 20 degrees FOV)
  • Small DSS image
  • Binocular, naked eye and city observability icons

Bright Galaxies Logbook

A4

Letter

  • Programmatically selected set of 176 bright non-Messier galaxies, expected to be visible in 6" and 8" telescopes.
  • Two pages per object
  • Three finder charts of different zoom-levels and limiting magnitudes
  • Large DSS images

Additional Bright Galaxies

A4

Letter


(select File → Download to download)
  • Programmatically selected set of 64 additional bright galaxies, less bright than the "Bright Galaxies" book.
  • Expected to be visible in 6" and 8" telescopes, but may take some experience.
  • Two pages per object
  • Three finder charts of different zoom-levels and limiting magnitudes
  • Large DSS images

Globular Cluster Sampler

A4

Letter


  • Programmatically selected set of NGC/IC globular clusters.
  • Expected to be visible in 6" and 8" telescopes with reasonable experience, except for three challenge globular clusters at the end.
  • Two pages per object
  • Three finder charts of different zoom-levels and limiting magnitudes
  • Large DSS images

Hickson Compact Groups

Letter


  • All 99 Hickson's Compact Groups.
  • A challenging list of objects to observe.
  • Higher star density for easier star-hopping.
  • Multiple FOV symbols for easier star-hopping.
  • Two pages per object
  • Three finder charts of different zoom-levels and limiting magnitudes
  • Large DSS images

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