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Observing Log Report

The Observing Log Report shows stored and computed information about your observations. Dates and times are given in the format selected in Preferences.

Printed and exported documents contain a header section that on-screen documents provide in the settings pane of the document window. The header includes:

▪document name

▪owner of the observing log and search properties (can be omitted from printing by activating the Print Saver)

The Brief Observing Log Report (on-screen, printed and exported) is column-oriented while the Detailed Observing Log Report is section-oriented. The name of each data item included on these reports is listed below with a description. The Brief Observing Log report can be Customized. If you want your report to contain one-line per observation, you may need to turn off the Notes column.

Differences between Brief and Detailed reports:

Feature	Brief	Detailed
Customize content	yes	no
Presets	yes	no

Data Item	Description
Object (User)	User's preferred object designation. This may or may not be the same as Object. See Designations & the Lookup Engine
Object	System's preferred object designation. See Designations & the Lookup Engine
Common Name	Commonly used name by which the object is known. You may see the list of all common names by which the object is known by viewing the context menu.
Cross Ref	Cross reference to other catalogs. You may see the list of all cross references by which the object is known by viewing the context menu.
Date/Time	Date and time of observation.
LT/UT	LT = Date/Time is local time, UT = Date/Time is universal time
Location	Name of location from which observation was made.
Observer	First and last name of observer.
Loc Method	Method used to locate the object, one of: Unspecified, Manual, GoTo or DSC (Digital Setting Circles.)
Rating	A numerical ranking (0 to 10) assigned to the observation. You may choose how the number is interpreted (i.e., whether 10 is good or bad.)
Temp	Air temperature at the time and location of the observation in units specified in Preferences.
Humidity	Relative humidity at the time and location of the observation.
Projects	Observing project(s) to which the observation belongs. If the observation belongs to multiple projects, the project name is followed by an ellipsis (...). You may see the list of all projects that the observations belongs to by viewing the context menu.
Wind	Wind speed and direction at the time and location of the observation in units specified in Preferences.
Pressure	Atmospheric pressure at the time and location of the observation in units specified in Preferences.
Transparency	A numerical rating of atmospheric transparency (0 to 10) at the time and location of the observation. You may choose how the number is interpreted (i.e., whether 10 is good or bad.)
PM 2.5	PM2.5 (2.5 micron particulate matter) for the time and location of the observation.
AOD	Aerosol Optical Depth for the time and location of the observation.
Seeing	A numerical rating of seeing (0 to 10) at the time and location of the observation. You may choose how the number is interpreted (i.e., whether 10 is good or bad.)
Antoniadi	Antoniadi seeing scale for the time and location of the observation.
Pickering	Pickering seeing scale for the time and location of the observation.
Arcsec	Either the full width at half maximum seeing measurement or a visual estimate made by splitting double stars for the time and locatio of the observation.
Darkness	A numerical rating of transparency (0 to 10) for the time and location of the observation.. You may choose how the number is interpreted (i.e., whether 10 is good or bad.)
Bortle	Bortle darkness scale for the time and location of the observation.
NELM	Naked-eye limiting stellar magnitude estimate for the time and location of the observation.
Mag/Sq Arcsec	Darkness measurement in magnitude per square arcsecond for the time and location of the observation, perhaps made with a Sky Quality Meter.
Instrument	Name of instrument with which the observation was made
Total Mag or Magnification	Working magnification of the equipment used for the (visual) observation
Barlow/Cmp	Name of barlow or compressor with which the observation was made
Eyepiece	Name of eyepiece with which the observation was made
True Field	True field of view of the equipment used for the (visual) observation in degrees
Filter	Name of the optical filter with which the observation was made
Camera	Name of camera with which the observation was made
Field of View or FOV	Field of view of the equipment used for the (photographic) observation in either degrees or arcminutes. Eyepiece projection is not supported with this calculation.
Image Scale	Image scale of the equipment used for the (photographic) observation in arcseconds per pixel (CCD Camera only). Eyepiece projection is not supported with this calculation.
Image Attached	Whether an image is attached to this observation - Brief Observing Log Report only.
Media Attached	Whether a media file is attached to this observation - Brief Observing Log Report only.
Image	Thumbnail image if an image is attached to this observation - Detailed Observing Log Report only.
Notes	Description of the observation.