Our Deepsky friends use it all the time: checklists to keep track of their observations. The famous Messier list, the Hershel 400, Hershel II, Caldwell, ...
Because lists and comparing can be fun, here are my stats:
- total: 2948 observations
- 311 different objects
- first obs.: SS Cyg om 18 August 1997
- oldest "last" observation: SN 2011 BY
top 10:
Z UMa (47)
S UMi (42)
S UMa (39)
V UMi (38)
T UMi (35)
SS Cyg (35)
R Sct (35)
U Del (34)
EU Del (34)
UX Ori (33)
Now I still "miss" the numer of observations per type, the number of observed legacy stars, the percentage of legacy stars, ...
Links:
[1] http://www.aavso.org/forums/variable-star-observing/visual-observing