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The Observing & Astrophotography Planner

Your aperture, your sky, your eyepieces, your mount, written down.

Get the planner — $29

8 worksheets · print-ready PDF · yours to keep

What is inside

  1. 1

    Your Telescope's Numbers

    The four figures every other sheet depends on

  2. 2

    Eyepiece Case: Magnification, Exit Pupil and True Field

    What you already own, before you buy anything else

  3. 3

    Site, Sky and Conditions

    The sky decides more than the telescope does

  4. 4

    Observing Log & Target List

    A list made before dark, and a record of what you actually saw

  5. 5

    Mount Payload & Balance

    Everything above the mount head counts, and people forget half of it

  6. 6

    Imaging Plan: Scale, Exposure and Frame Count

    Work out what fits and how long before you set up

  7. 7

    Collimation & Maintenance Record

    One order, confirmed on a star, and then left alone

  8. 8

    Solar Observing Safety Record

    Full aperture. On the FRONT. Inspected every time.

Why buy it when the site is free?

The free pages give you the numbers. The planner makes you record your own, in the order the decisions actually happen, so nothing gets bought twice. Every worksheet prints cleanly, and the gear lists link straight to the products they describe.

It is a working document rather than a book. Print it, fill it in, take it to the shop.

Get the planner — $29

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