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| Some Observing and Observatory Maintenance | 17 May 2013 |
Past Reports
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March 2013
| Observatory Carpet Repair | 27 March 2013 |
| Observatory Visitors, Nearly Full Moon | 26 March 2013 |
| Lunar Crater Pythagoras | 25 March 2013 |
| Moon, M65 Galaxy Supernova SN 2013am | 24 March 2013 |
| Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS), Gibbous Moon | 23 March 2013 |
| Comet PanSTARRS, Mare Humboldtianum, Jupiter | 17 March 2013 |
| Antares 7x50 Illuminated Crosshairs Finderscope | 16 March 2013 |
| Comet PanSTARRS, Leo Triplet Galaxies, & Dwarf Planet Makemake | 15 March 2013 |
| Comet PanSTARRS, Dwarf Galaxy Leo I, Dwarf Planet Makemake | 14 March 2013 |
| Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) & Crescent Moon | 13 March 2013 |
| Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) from California | 12 March 2013 |
| Dwarf Planet Makemake, Comet C/2012 S1 ISON | 2 March 2013 |
| Jupiter, NGC4244 Galaxy | 1 March 2013 |
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
| ISS-Sun Transit Clouded Out; 2012 Year End Report | 31 December 2012 |
| Imaging: Jupiter Galilean Moons Spectra, Moon | 29 December 2012 |
| ISS-Sun Transit Dry Run; Meteorite Gift | 28 December 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR: Nearly Full Moon | 27 December 2012 |
| ISS-Moon Transit | 20 December 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: Moon, ISS-Moon Transit Tests | 20 December 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: Asteroids Vesta & Ceres | 18 December 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: Flame & Horsehead Nebulae | 17 December 2012 |
| Geminid Meteor Shower | 13 December 2012 |
| Observing & Imaging Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Close Approach | 12 December 2012 |
| Imaging: Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, Jupiter Moons Spectra | 11 December 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: NGC488 Galaxy, Horsehead Nebula | 10 December 2012 |
| More Sky Tests: Rokinon 8mm 180° Fisheye Lens; Io Transit of Jupiter | 8 December 2012 |
| Initial Sky Tests: Rokinon 8mm 180° Fisheye Lens | 3 December 2012 |
November 2012
| Review: 2" Explore Scientific 9mm 100° Eyepiece | 17 November 2012 |
| Short Session: New Eyepiece "First Light" | 14 November 2012 |
| Imaging: NGC7606 & NGC488 Galaxies, Comet 168P, & Jupiter | 6 November 2012 |
| Imaging: iPhone Jupiter, D7000 Moon | 5 November 2012 |
| Imaging: D7000 Asteroid Pallas, iPhone 4 Planet Uranus; Observing: Many DSOs | 4 November 2012 |
| iPhone Jupiter, D7000 Moon | 3 November 2012 |
| ISS Imaging Attempt, Moon-Jupiter Conjunction | 2 November 2012 |
| ISS Captured with 8" LX200-ACF and D7000 DSLR | 1 November 2012 |
October 2012
| Federal Government Electric Company Destroys ISS, Shortens Moon Session | 31 October 2012 |
| Hunter's Moon | 30 October 2012 |
| Imaging: D7000 Moon, iPhone 4 Jupiter | 29 October 2012 |
| Lunar Terminator Sunrise Video | 28 October 2012 |
| Moon Imaging with iPhone & D7000 DSLR on 8" LX200-ACF | 27 October 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging of Moon Crater Gassendi | 26 October 2012 |
| ETX-90RA & 8" LX200-ACF Lunar Observing & Imaging | 25 October 2012 |
| Very Short Session with the Moon | 22 October 2012 |
| Imaging: Moon, Apollo 11 Site, NGC300 Galaxy, Asteroid Ceres | 21 October 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: NGC246, NGC247, Vesta | 16 October 2012 |
| Imaging: NGC1275 Galaxy, Jupiter, Asteroid Vesta | 15 October 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: NGC7479 Spiral Galaxy | 14 October 2012 |
| Galaxy Imaging: NGC7479 and NGC7814 | 13 October 2012 |
| Imaging: Mars in Scorpius, ISS & Dragon, Night Sky, Comet Hergenrother | 10 October 2012 |
| Imaging: NGC6946, Caldwell 19, NGC253, Uranus, Jupiter | 9 October 2012 |
September 2012
| Crescent Moon | 20 September 2012 |
| Moon, Saturn, Mars, Antares, and Arcturus | 19 September 2012 |
| Crescent Moon, NGC7027, NGC7026, NGC7023, Caldwell 19, NGC6946, Helix Nebula | 18 September 2012 |
| Pleiades Spectra | 17 September 2012 |
| More Spectra Imaging; Lighting Hall of Shame Addition | 16 September 2012 |
| Imaging: Abell 70, M72, NGC7008, M31, NGC1514 | 15 September 2012 |
| DSO Imaging: Abell 70, NGC7008, NGC6572, M72, NGC1491, NGC1333, NGC1514 | 13 September 2012 |
| Monsoon Storms, "Blue Moon", Waning Gibbous Moon | 5 September 2012 |
August 2012
| Moon in Relief; Spectroscopy Drift Imaging Test | 30 August 2012 |
| International Space Station (ISS): Additional Image Processing | 29 August 2012 |
| International Space Station (ISS) Imaged! | 29 August 2012 |
| Lunar Observing & Imaging in Honor of Neil Armstrong | 26 August 2012 |
| Long Imaging Session: Moon, M57, NGC6946/6939, & Supernova 2012ec | 25 August 2012 |
| Observatory "First Light" Third Anniversary | 18 August 2012 |
| Saturn, Mars, and Spica (and clouds) | 14 August 2012 |
| Occultation of Venus | 13 August 2012 |
| Crepuscular Rays, M102, and NGC6946; Some Meteor Watching | 11 August 2012 |
| Saturn/Spica/Mars; NGC6804 Planetary Nebula | 10 August 2012 |
| Saturn, Spica, and Mars Conjunction | 4 August 2012 |
| Full Moon with iPhone 4 & D7000 DSLR on 8" LX200-ACF | 2 August 2012 |
July 2012
| Moon Imaging: iPhone at 77X, 222X, & 666X Magnifications | 31 July 2012 |
| Moon Imaging: iPhone at 77X, 222X, & 444X Magnifications | 27 July 2012 |
| Moon Imaging: Crater Albategnius & Montes Caucasus | 26 July 2012 |
| Monsoon Update; Saturn, Spica, Mars, & the Moon | 24 July 2012 |
| Finally, Some Observing Again | 18 July 2012 |
June 2012
| D7000 Imaging: Crescent Moon, More Star Spectrum Tests | 23 June 2012 |
| D7000 Imaging: Crescent Moon, Star Spectrum Tests | 22 June 2012 |
| D7000 Imaging: Mercury, Saturn, IC5067, NGC6992 | 20 June 2012 |
| iPhone Imaging: Mercury, Saturn | 19 June 2012 |
| Imaging: Sunspot AR1504 Complex, Saturn, Pluto; Observing: Cygnus DSOs | 18 June 2012 |
| Five Saturn Moons and Pluto Imaging; DSO Observing | 16 June 2012 |
| Imaging: Saturn, NGC6337 Planetary Nebula | 15 June 2012 |
| Imaging: Saturn, 5 Saturn Moons, and M57 (Ring Nebula) | 14 June 2012 |
| Imaging: Several Small Faint Galaxies | 11 June 2012 |
| Frustrating Night of Imaging | 10 June 2012 |
| Images: Critters and Small Faint Galaxies | 9 June 2012 |
| ISS with D7000 on 8" LX200-ACF; Faint Galaxies Observing | 8 June 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR: ISS in 8" LX200-ACF | 7 June 2012 |
| Transit of Venus | 5 June 2012 |
| Transit of Venus Dry Run | 4 June 2012 |
| Partial Lunar Eclipse | 4 June 2012 |
| Smoke Gets In Your (Venusian) Eyes, Weather Station Data | 1 June 2012 |
May 2012
April 2012
| ISS (!!!), Moon, Arcturus Spectrum Tests | 30 April 2012 |
| New iPad (Retina Display) at the Telescope, D7000 ISS Imaging | 29 April 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: Moon, Venus, ISS, Spica Spectrum, 5 Galaxies | 28 April 2012 |
| Nine Hour Session: Imaging Venus, Moon, & Many Galaxies | 27 April 2012 |
| Venus, Thin Crescent Moon | 23 April 2012 |
| NGC3190 Galaxy, Coma Galaxy Cluster Attempt, and Saturn | 22 April 2012 |
| Finally Back in the Observatory: Imaged NGC3190 and NGC5248 Galaxies | 21 April 2012 |
March 2012
| Visit to Kitt Peak & Observing with WIYN 3.5m Telescope | 24 March 2012 |
| M95 Galaxy Supernova SN 2012aw & Spectrum | 22 March 2012 |
| D7000 Imaging: Green Flash, Zodiacal Light, M95 Galaxy Supernova, M96 Galaxy | 21 March 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: NGC2371 and NGC5248 | 16 March 2012 |
| D7000 Imaging: NGC2683, NGC2970, NGC2964, NGC3226, NGC3227, M109, NGC2371, Saturn | 15 March 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Photo: Jupiter, Galilean Moons, Venus Conjunction | 14 March 2012 |
| Imaging: Jupiter-Venus Conjunction, NGC 2438, NGC2440, Comet Garradd | 13 March 2012 |
| ETX-105PE & 8" LX200-ACF Observing, Planets & Moon Imaging | 11 March 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: Sun, Venus, Mercury | 9 March 2012 |
| How I Do Astrophotography | 7 March 2012 |
| Imaging: Venus, Sunset, Mercury, Moon, Mars | 5 March 2012 |
| D7000 Imaging: Moon, Good ISS Sequence Thru Telescope | 3 March 2012 |
| Imaging: Moon, Jupiter, ISS, Mars; First POD Roller Desk Use | 1 March 2012 |
February 2012
| POD Roller Desk | 29 February 2012 |
| Moon, Venus, Jupiter | 27 February 2012 |
| Imaging: Venus, Jupiter, Moon, Mars | 26 February 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR Imaging: Planets, Moon, NGC2419, NGC2997, NGC4631, NGC3201 | 25 February 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR DSO Imaging: NGC2207, M42, M63, NGC4038 | 22 February 2012 |
| More DSO Imaging: NGC3626, 3132, 4449, 5005, 4038, M106, M63 | 19 February 2012 |
| D7000 DSLR DSO Imaging: NGC1637, NGC2261, & NGC2217 | 18 February 2012 |
| Imaging: Venus, ISS, Zodiacal Light, Milky Way, NGC1600, 1637, 1501, 1569, & 2261 | 12 February 2012 |
| ETX-70AT Observing, 8" LX200-ACF DSO Observing | 11 February 2012 |
| Simple Dome Mod, Venus and Uranus Conjunction | 10 February 2012 |
| iPhone Crater Clavius, D7000 M92 and Comet Garradd | 3 February 2012 |
| iPhone Moon, Visitors | 1 February 2012 |
January 2012
| iPhone Moon, Asteroid Eros | 31 January 2012 |
| Crater Theophilus at Sunrise, NGC891 Galaxy, NGC2467 Nebula | 29 January 2012 |
| Venus & Moon, NGC278, NGC1977, M67, NGC2775, NGC3521 | 27 January 2012 |
| Venus and Crescent Moon, NGC278 Galaxy | 26 January 2012 |
| D7000: NGC278, M79, NGC1999, NGC1977, M78, NGC2537, IC2233, NGC2440 | 20 January 2012 |
| 21 DSOs Observed | 19 January 2012 |
| IC2118 (Witch Head Nebula) | 18 January 2012 |
| New Clock Failed; NGC185, NGC1535, & NGC281 (Pacman Nebula) | 14 January 2012 |
| New Observatory Clock, DSO Observing | 11 January 2012 |
| Cassiopeia Observatory Weather Station | 10 January 2012 |
| Full Moon | 9 January 2012 |
| Lunar South Pole Region | 8 January 2012 |
| ISS, Crater Pythagoras | 7 January 2012 |
| Crater Aristarchus and Vallis Schröter | 6 January 2012 |
| Crater Gassendi, ISS, Io Transit | 5 January 2012 |
| Copernicus, Jupiter Dual Moon Shadows, and Meteor Watching | 4 January 2012 |
| Moon-Jupiter Conjunction, Crater Plato | 3 January 2012 |
December 2011
| Moon Craters Aristoteles & Maurolycus, 2011 Year End Report | 31 December 2011 |
| Moon Craters Theophilus, Cyrillus, Catherina, & Posidonius | 31 December 2011 |
| Craters Atlas and Hercules | 30 December 2011 |
| Moon, Jupiter with Io Shadow | 29 December 2011 |
| "Neat Image" Noise Reduction Software and NGC7048 | 28 December 2011 |
| Venus-Moon Conjunction, Earthshine, NGC7048 | 27 December 2011 |
| D7000 DSLR: Heart and Soul Nebulae | 25 December 2011 |
| Heart and Soul Nebulae, Orion | 24 December 2011 |
| It was a Darks and Cloudy Night | 23 December 2011 |
| Comet Lovejoy, ISS, Jupiter, and Some DSOs | 16 December 2011 |
| iPhone Jupiter | 11 December 2011 |
| 50 Year Old Edmund 3" Telescope, iPhone 4, & Total Lunar Eclipse | 10 December 2011 |
| JMI MicroFocus Dual-Speed Telescope Focus Knob | 9 December 2011 |
| PST Mod, Sky and Telescope, Weather, iPhone Imaging | 7 December 2011 |
November 2011
| D7000 DSLR Horsehead Nebula | 28 November 2011 |
| Venus-Moon Conjunction | 27 November 2011 |
| M56 Globular Cluster; Jupiter Europa Transit | 26 November 2011 |
| LPI Mac Tests | 23 November 2011 |
| D7000 Limiting Magnitude, iPhone Jupiter | 17 November 2011 |
| NGC55 Spiral Galaxy & Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy | 16 November 2011 |
| Moon Jupiter Conjunction | 10 November 2011 |
| Sun Active Region 1339 | 9 November 2011 |
| ISS Moon Transit! | 8 November 2011 |
| iPhone Moon, D7000 ISS | 6 November 2011 |
| Nighttime Visitor, iPhone Moon, D7000 M33 & Orion DSOs | 3 November 2011 |
| iPhone Moon on a Cloud Shortened Night | 2 November 2011 |
| iPhone Moon, D7000 Spectroscopy | 1 November 2011 |
October 2011
| Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter imaging, iPhone M42, & more Spectroscopy | 31 October 2011 |
| "First Light" Full Aperture Solar Filter | 30 October 2011 |
| Jupiter, D7000 Crab Nebula, Spectroscopy, iPhone M42 | 24 October 2011 |
| DSO Observing, Io Transit | 21 October 2011 |
| 8 Hour Session: DSOs, Asteroids, Planets, Comet, Spectroscopy, Moon | 20 October 2011 |
| ISS Video Attempt, M33 & M31 Galaxy Observing | 19 October 2011 |
| D7000 Imaging: M57, M13 Spectroscopy, M110, M32, Moon | 18 October 2011 |
| Spectroscope Slit Test; Imaging: Pleiades Spectroscopy, Moon | 17 October 2011 |
| Imaging: Venus Spectrum, M13, Comet Garradd, Moon | 16 October 2011 |
| Imaging: ISS, Comet Garradd, Cassiopeia Star Spectra, Moon | 15 October 2011 |
| More Spectroscopy & Some Lunar Imaging | 13 October 2011 |
| Hunter's Moon | 12 October 2011 |
| D7000 Spectroscopy, iPhone Moon | 11 October 2011 |
| D7000 DSLR Spectroscopy: Stars, M45 | 10 October 2011 |
| More D7000 DSLR Spectroscopy Tests | 9 October 2011 |
| Moon Imaging, More Spectroscopy Tests | 8 October 2011 |
September 2011
| Crescent Moon, Cassiopeia, M11 Imaging; DSO Tour | 29 September 2011 |
| D7000 Spectroscopy Tests; Piggyback M31, M33, M45 | 24 September 2011 |
| M31 Panorama | 21 September 2011 |
| iPhone & D7000 Astrophotography: Planets, DSOs, Moon | 20 September 2011 |
| Comet Garradd, Pleiades, Moon | 19 September 2011 |
| ETX and LX200 Software Testing | 18 September 2011 |
| Moon, Delta Scorpii, ISS | 4 September 2011 |
August 2011
| POD Work; Planets, Comet, DSOs, Supernova, Asteroids | 30 August 2011 |
| LX200-ACF Counterweight, Sun Observing | 20 August 2011 |
| 2nd "First Light" Anniversary | 18 August 2011 |
| Imaging the Sun | 4 August 2011 |
| Moon, M63, Comet Garradd & M15, Lightning | 3 August 2011 |
| Finally, Some Observing: The Sun | 2 August 2011 |
July 2011
| Really Full Moon, Moon in 3D | 15 July 2011 |
| Moon instead of Monsoon | 14 July 2011 |
| Weather Update, Site News | 13 July 2011 |
| Critters, ISS, Cat's Eye Nebula | 2 July 2011 |
| Mercury, Cat's Eye Nebula | 1 July 2011 |
June 2011
| Critters, Saturn Moons, DSOs | 28 June 2011 |
| M51, NGC6822, NGC6723, NGC6726/7, IC4812, Moon | 25 June 2011 |
| Saturn, M51 Supernova | 24 June 2011 |
| Saturn & Porrima, M55 & M75 Globulars | 23 June 2011 |
| Saturn & Porrima, M68, Path Lights | 22 June 2011 |
| D7000 Video Astrophotography Tests | 21 June 2011 |
| Saturn, ISS | 16 June 2011 |
| ISS, Saturn, Moon | 15 June 2011 |
| More D7000 DSLR Moon | 13 June 2011 |
| D7000 DSLR Moon | 12 June 2011 |
| More iPhone Moon | 11 June 2011 |
| iPhone ETX-105PE Moon | 9 June 2011 |
| iPhone Moon | 8 June 2011 |
| Moon, M94 Galaxy, Globular Clusters | 7 June 2011 |
| Lots of Moons, M13, Milky Way, Pluto | 5 June 2011 |
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