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Critter, Local Telescope Help, iPhone imaging: Crater Pythagoras, Saturn	23 May 2013
Pack Rats, Owl, Jupiter-Venus-Mercury	21 May 2013
Critter, Jupiter-Venus-Mercury, Some Lunar Observing	20 May 2013
Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn	19 May 2013
Some Observing and Observatory Maintenance	17 May 2013

Past Reports

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Critters, Quasar 3C273 Jet, Spica Spectrum, Saturn, Moon, HST-Moon Transit	29 April 2013
Hawk, ISS, Comet ISON, Dark Sky Meter Lite, Saturn	28 April 2013
Critters; ISS Observing; D7000 Saturn, Moon	27 April 2013
Critters, ISS, Full Moon with D7000 DSLR	26 April 2013
iPhone Gibbous Moon	24 April 2013
Lunar Crater Philolaus, Saturn with D7000 DSLR	22 April 2013
Saturn and Some Moons with iPhone 4	21 April 2013
D7000 DSLR Moon, iPhone 4 Saturn	20 April 2013
Flying Things, Lunar Straight Wall	19 April 2013
Lunar Crater Cassini, Lunar X	18 April 2013
More Observing with 2" 24mm UWA Eyepiece, Moon, Observatory Resident	15 April 2013
Review: Meade 2" 99% Reflectivity Diagonal & 24mm Ultra-Wide Angle Eyepiece Kit	14 April 2013
Critters, Field-of-View Measurements	12 April 2013
Galaxies NGC3344 & NGC4244, Quasar 3C273, Dwarf Planet Haumea	11 April 2013
Review: GC Wi-Fi Adapter, AutoStar II App	8 April 2013
ISS Imaged, Wi-Fi Adapter Tests	7 April 2013
Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), NGC2684 Galaxy	6 April 2013
Short Session, Sun Pillar; StarGPS-NX02 Review; Interview	4 April 2013
StarGPS-NX02 Tests, M65 SN 2013am, NGC4244 Galaxy	3 April 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

Mercury, Jupiter	27 February 2013
Mercury, ISS, Jupiter, StarStaX Software, Full Moon	26 February 2013
Fading Mercury, Nearly Full Moon	25 February 2013
Mercury, Moon, SkySafari Pro ISS Pass, Io Transit	24 February 2013
Earthshine on Waxing Gibbous Moon	23 February 2013
Snow; HST-Sun Transit Imaging Attempt	22 February 2013
Asteroid 2012 DA14 & CTV Discovery Channel, Mercury, Moon, Earthshine	20 February 2013
First Quarter Moon, Earthshine	18 February 2013
Moon, Earthshine, Asteroid 2012 DA14, Owl	15 February 2013
Moon, Earthshine	15 February 2013
Mercury, Moon, More Earthshine	14 February 2013
Crescent Moon	13 February 2013
18 Hour Old Crescent Moon, IC342 Galaxy, NGC2359 Thor's Helmet	11 February 2013
Mars & Mercury Conjunction, ISS, Snow & Coyote	9 February 2013
ISS, Mars/Mercury Conjunction, IC342 Galaxy, NGC2359 Thor's Helmet	8 February 2013
Mars/Mercury, ISS, Trapezium Spectra, Jupiter, NGC3115 Galaxy	7 February 2013
Mars/Mercury, Castor A/B & Regulus Spectra, Trapezium	6 February 2013
Mercury & Mars, Cassiopeia, NGC896 Nebula, Comet C/2012 S1 ISON, Sirius B	5 February 2013

IC10 Galaxy, NGC896 Nebula, Sirius B (the Pup)	31 January 2013
Short Session, Ended by Clouds	30 January 2013
Interviewed by Local Newspaper	24 January 2013
iPhone: Moon Crater Gassendi, Mountain Shadows	23 January 2013
Moon-Jupiter Conjunction	22 January 2013
iPhone: Jupiter, Moon Crater Archimedes	20 January 2013
Crepuscular Rays, Crater Delambre, 3D Moon	18 January 2013
iPhone: Moon Crater Janssen	17 January 2013
iPhone: Moon Mare Crisium	16 January 2013
Cold Night of Imaging NGC2685 Polar-Ring Galaxy	15 January 2013
Crescent Moon, NGC660 Polar-Ring Galaxy	14 January 2013
Crescent Moon, NGC2685 Polar-Ring Galaxy	13 January 2013
Zodiacal Light, NGC660 Polar-Ring Galaxy	12 January 2013
Final 8mm Fisheye Lens Sky Tests; NGC660 Polar-Ring Galaxy	9 January 2013
More Stellar Spectra Imaging, Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)	6 January 2013
8mm 180° Fisheye Lens Sky Tests	5 January 2013
Comet C/2012 S1 ISON (Mag +16)	4 January 2013
DSLR Camera Sensor Cleaning Kit	3 January 2013
Jupiter, Spectra, Comet C/2012 S1 ISON	3 January 2013

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Critters, Venus, Crater Tycho	31 May 2012
Thin Venus Crescent, Blue Sky Moon	30 May 2012
Venus, Lunar Straight Wall, Critters	29 May 2012
Venus, Lunar X	28 May 2012
Venus, Sun, Crater Alexander, and SN 2012cg Spectrum	27 May 2012
Venus, Crater Posidonius, Supernova 2012cg Spectrum, M98, NGC4417/4424	26 May 2012
D7000 DSLR: Venus, Crater Petavius, M98, M100, NGC4424 SN2012cg, & M107	25 May 2012
D7000 DSLR: Crescent Venus and Crescent Moon	23 May 2012
iPhone: Venus, Mars, and Saturn; Some Critters	22 May 2012
Solar Eclipse	20 May 2012
Solar Eclipse Dry Run	18 May 2012
iPhone: Venus, Mars, Saturn; iPad DSO Observing; D7000: M108, NGC4485/4490, NGC6302	17 May 2012
iPhone Imaging: Venus; Final Collimation	16 May 2012
iPhone Imaging: Mars and Saturn	15 May 2012
Using Observer Pro Horizon Data in SkySafari; Sun with AR1476	13 May 2012
Sun AR1476, Venus Crescent	12 May 2012
iPhone & D7000 Imaging: Venus, M99 Galaxy, Saturn; DSO Observing	11 May 2012
POD iPad Platform	8 May 2012
Short Observing Session: Venus, Saturn, M99 Galaxy	8 May 2012
Catchup Reports: Magnification Tests, "Super Moon"	7 May 2012
ETX-125AT Lunar & Planetary Observing & iPhone Imaging	4 May 2012
D7000 DSLR and 8" LX200-ACF: Venus, Moon	3 May 2012
Moon, Venus, ISS, and Copernicus in 3D	2 May 2012
Crater Copernicus, ISS	1 May 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

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

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

Road to Oracle Observatory blog	March 2008 - August 2009
Oracle Observatory reports	March 2005 - August 2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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