It's been a solidly good, though not great, spring for my birding, but a dismal and disappointing spring for my astronomy. Good weather and a moonless sky have been avoiding each other, these last few months. Ouch! Of course, I can't expect Earth Mother to tailor the weather to my needs, so I remain ever patient and hopeful. As summer approaches, I know it is just a matter of time before I once again explore the summer triangle with my
astronomy binoculars and dip down into Ophiuchus to spot some globular star clusters. Later in the summer, I know it will be time to explore the star clouds and nebulae in Sagittarius. My summer astronomy project, this year, though, will focus on finding a better observing site, rather than a specific group of objects. No, I don't mean traveling to some distant and remote location. I will be trying to find something close at hand by grabbing the
astronomy binocular and going for a walk. Sometimes even the smallest shift in your observing site can make all the difference, so this summer, "have binocular, will walk" is the theme, though I will have to remember not to walk around at night in my bathrobe. Don't want to scare my neighbors.