Amateur Astronomy for Beginners: The Astronomical Journal

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1. @Seventh7Horizon You can start online at sites like amazon. There are many companies that sell them. 
2. Where do you believe would be a good place to find a Celestial Planetsphere
3. @spiritoffire121 Scotland is lovely! I certainly understand your clear night problem. Ohio is about the same. Its good to have an observing plan. Cloudy nights are great for planning what you want to do the next opportunity you get to go out. Especially if its a significant scheduled event such as an ISS pass or the transit of Jupiter's red spot. Then too, if you haven't familiarized yourself with the Messier Catalogue its a great time to familiarize yourself with the objects in it as well.
4. hi im from scotland but it is allways cloudy so im finding it hard to find a clear night what can i do while i wait for a clear night ?
5. @brucenunn37 I'll post some of my entries on the journal video page on my web site. I have to say though, I've not been as dedicated as I would like to be to my journal. 
6. @brucenunn37 I highly recommend capturing as many details of your observations in drawings and word as possible. You will forget them, even next year. Rereading your encounters can be as good as seeing them again. Thanks so much for watching man! I'm always glad to help anytime!
7. Great video!
8. Im a complete beginner, so thanks for the recommendation.
9. lol!! "now being beginners, you may experience things you have never experienced before while looking at the sky, so you may want to right that down..." Sounds like a sexual innuendo to me xD 5/5
10. Journaling sounds like a great idea, I run several journals, from work activities to, various projects, I rarely go back and read but, I keep my self organized and on track by writing things down. I even have a journal of things that go on with my computer. Thanks for verifying this 'obsession'.
11. Well I was a teen at the time. I cant remember but I must have been 15. I'm 37 now so that makes it really about 22 years ago. Its been a long time needless to say. I still actually have my first scope... whats left of it. :)
12. How old were you when you got your first telescope?
13. I think I got my first telescope around 20 years ago.
14. wow that was ~18 years ago. how long have you been observing? since galileo? :P
15. {The very first entry.} City of West Milford, WV June 6, 1991 9:58pm {Eastern Time Zone}Noted reentry of artificial satellite or {entry of} very large meteor. Entered through constellation of Leo Major beteen M65 and Regulus. Ended near star Iota in Ursa Major. It was orange with long tail, very bright, and lit up nearby clouds. (Ended in shower of "sparks".)
16. I have kept a journal sporatically since June 6, 1991. Unfortunately I have not made entries on a regular basis. What vivid details I do have recorded in the journal of those early days are golden.
17. How long have you had a journal? What is the date of the very first entry in it?
18. Check out my video entitled "What kind of telescope should I buy?"
19. i think the 20-30 will cover most of your sky. try the free night sky star chart i have listed in USEFUL ASTRONOMY LINKS on my youtube profile. its free, printable and updated both for northern and southern hemisphere. thats all you really need to learn constellations.
20. I've been searching on ebay and amazon. But they only have those that are, 20° - 30° , 30° - 40° and 50°-60°. AHHHH.