Observing Logs about your view or what you want to record, revisit these suggestions for some guidance. Planets * Mars: Use an online tool such as the Sky & Telescope Mars Profiler (https://is.gd/marsprofiler) to find out which hemisphere and what dark albedo marking face you at the time of observation. Watch for clouds, limb hazes, and the bright orange clouds that signify major dust storms in progress. Note the expansion or contraction of the polar caps with the changing seasons. * Jupiter: Note the color of the cloud belts and whether they're continuous or broken. Are there any dark curls (festoons) in the broad Equatorial Zone? What color is the Great Red Spot this season, and how do cloud textures vary preceding versus following the Spot? Are the equatorial belts single or double? Does their texture vary with longitude? What's the current position of the planet's moons? Use the Sky & Telescope tool to identify them (https://is.gd/JupMoons). During shadow transits, examine the size of the shadows and how their paths over the planet vary. Before long, you'll know which moon-shadow is which without even checking. * Saturn: Is Cassini's Division visible? How many belts stripe the planet? Can you discern the gray-topped polar regions? Do color filters improve the view of certain features? Search for the five brightest moons using the Sky & Telescope Saturn's Moons tool (https://is.gd/SatMoons). Deep-Sky Objects * Globular clusters: Is the core compact or loose? Can you resolve stars in the halo? In the core? How does the cluster change in appearance with averted vision? Some globulars BOB KING q RECENT OBSERVATIONS This sample of entries comes from the author's more recent astronomy journals and includes observations of a close Mars apparition, nebulae in M33, and Comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang. 36 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 7 * SK Y & TELESCOPEhttps://www.is.gd/JupMoons https://www.is.gd/marsprofi https://www.is.gd/SatMoons