Observing Log for Mike Durkin 7/13/2019 about 10:00PM-12:00AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 10/10, Seeing 4-5/5 Temperature: 75-85 degrees Equipment: Stellarvue 70mm Measured variable stars Z UMa, T UMa, Y UMa and S UMa. After that looked at Jupiter with the 6.7mm eyepiece and 3x Barlow. The Galilean moons made a nice parallelogram pattern. Easily able to see the 2 equitorial belts. I was hoping to make outthe Great Red Spot, but could not say for certain that I did. Also looked at the moon for a bit. Crater Schickard was at the terminator, but seemed to be totally in shadow. After that tried to see if I could see M81 and M82. I could only barely make out the core of M81 with the 6.7mm eyepiece. I was not able to make out M82 at all. 7/12-13/2019 11:00PM-12:30AM Locust Valley, NY Transparency: 9/10, Seeing 4/5 Temperature: 70-80 degrees Equipment: 10x50 binoculars Not feeling too ambitious, so just did some quick variable star measurements. Measured ST UMa, VY UMa, CI Boo and W Boo. Also too a quick look at the moon, which was about 75% illuminated. MY hands were not steady enough on their own so I did use a mop to stablize a bit. Noted crater Gassendi and Sinus Iridium. I know I've seen these features before, so if I want to focus on other features, would need to observe at a different phase. One of the neighbor's dogs was also around looking for attention. Other Log Entries <-- 2018 Jan  Feb  Mar   Apr  May   Jun  Jul   Aug   Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec  2020 -->