Duskfield Skieshttps://duskfieldskies.com/Observing notes from the Stockholm archipelago: what binoculars and a small telescope really show at fifty-nine degrees north, and when to bother.enA small telescope on a cold island: dew, frost and low targetshttps://duskfieldskies.com/journal/small-telescope-on-a-cold-island/https://duskfieldskies.com/journal/small-telescope-on-a-cold-island/Cooling times, dew shields, frost on a mirror, and the large part of the southern sky that a six-inch reflector at this latitude can never reach.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMTPlanning a clear night around the moon, the forecast and the boathttps://duskfieldskies.com/journal/planning-a-night-around-moon-and-boat/https://duskfieldskies.com/journal/planning-a-night-around-moon-and-boat/How I plan a month of observing around the lunar cycle, an unreliable coastal forecast, a winter boat timetable and the cold on an open jetty.Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMTAurora at fifty-nine north: what is honest to expect down herehttps://duskfieldskies.com/journal/aurora-at-fifty-nine-north/https://duskfieldskies.com/journal/aurora-at-fifty-nine-north/Aurora seen from fifty-nine degrees north is rarer and lower than the photographs suggest. What the indices mean here, and two nights that delivered.Sun, 09 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMTA pair of 10x50s from the jetty: what binoculars really reachhttps://duskfieldskies.com/journal/ten-by-fifty-from-the-jetty/https://duskfieldskies.com/journal/ten-by-fifty-from-the-jetty/Four autumns of notes on what a hand-held pair of binoculars actually reaches under a bright northern sky, and what they will never show.Sun, 13 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMTFour months without a proper night: summer at fifty-nine northhttps://duskfieldskies.com/journal/four-months-without-a-proper-night/https://duskfieldskies.com/journal/four-months-without-a-proper-night/Why there is no astronomical darkness here between late April and late August, what is still worth observing, and how to use the season.Sun, 26 May 2024 12:00:00 GMT