At a small tennis field called Memorial Fields, the best place I am aware of in Queens to do star gazing.
Just a few hours ago, I went and got a better concept of the Ecliptic line, Equatorial and Azimuthal grides.
I realized that at the poles, besides having the Sun for 6 alternative months, one would see the Sun go round and round in circles in the sky every day. As it nears the end of the 6th month, the Sun's "aerial orbit" will expand closer and closer to the horizon until the orbit finally sets under the horizon, and darkness roams for 6 months.
I have been annoyed by the constant precipitation after sunset and before sunrise. Could this be caused by the sea around my area? Do I only have to be a night owl all the time to do this?
I shall keep detailed periodic reports under here from now on.
Last time, I took the picture of the moon with my Panasonic DMC-LX2, through the tripoded 20x70 Binoculars.
Clear image, but not sharp enough. I realized I need a second tripod for the camera.
I realized that eyepiece focusing/fine tuning should be done after camera adaptation.