OBSERVATIONAL GUIDES AND REFERENCES Last updated: 30 April 2009

This page is a collection of observational guides and references which you can use regardless of what telescope you have.

Observational Guides Convert 1950 Epoch to 2000 Epoch (01/25/04) Observing Meteors - The Leonids (10/24/01) Observing Planets - Jupiter (part 3) (11/04/01) Observing Planets - Jupiter (part 2) (09/06/01) Messier Objects Listing (06/30/01) Daylight Observing (04/03/01) Observing Globular Clusters (03/31/01) Observing the Sun (03/28/01) Observing Planets - Venus (03/12/01) Observing Planets - Mars (03/12/01) Observing the Sirius Companion Star (03/09/01) Observing Variable Stars (03/06/01) Observing Asteroids and Comets (03/03/01) Observing the Moon (02/24/01) Observing the Pleiades (02/18/01) Observing Variable Star Algol (02/16/01) Observing Planets - Jupiter (Part 1) (02/13/01) Observing Planets - Saturn (02/13/01) Polar Alignment Guides Another Easy Daytime Polar Alignment (02/06/09) Easy Daytime Polar Alignment (01/31/09) Drift Alignment video tutorial (11/14/08) What is 'Drift Alignment'?? (11/11/08) Easy Drift Alignment (09/09/08) Polar Alignment Spreadsheet Aid (10/08/07) Polar alignment in the Southern Hemisphere (09/08/06) Drift Method Alignment Tutorial (04/27/06) Another Polar Alignment Procedure (07/18/05) Tip on Using a Magnetic Compass (04/18/05) Polar Alignment Tip, ETX-70AT Finderscope Thoughts (01/19/03) Precise Portable Polar Alignment (Kochab's Clock) (01/12/02) Polar Aligning Near the Equator (03/03/01) Alignment/High Precision/Star Charts (01/29/01) Polar Aligning Techniques (07/29/99)	Constellation Guides Mid-Northern constellations w/AutoStar tours (01/31/07) Kudlowski's Complete Guide to the Constellations (09/13/05) Orion (Part 3) (12/13/01) Orion (Part 2) (12/02/01) Orion (Part 1) (11/25/01) Lepus (11/01/01) Eridanus (10/21/01) Taurus (10/13/01) Perseus (10/06/01) Auriga (09/26/01) Camelopardalis (09/19/01) Cassiopeia (09/08/01) Cetus (08/10/01) Aries (08/04/01) Triangulum (07/15/01) Andromeda (07/12/01) Pisces (07/03/01) Lacerta (06/30/01) Pegasus (06/25/01) Aquarius (06/20/01) Capricorn (06/17/01) Sagitta and Vulpecula (06/11/01) Delphinus (06/07/01) Libra (06/03/01) Virgo (05/31/01) Coma Berenices (05/29/01) Sagittarius (05/26/01) Aquila (05/19/01) Cygnus (05/13/01) Scorpius (05/10/01) Lyra (05/08/01) Draco (05/05/01) Hercules (04/30/01) Ophiuchus (04/28/01) Bootes (04/25/01) Leo (04/22/01) Ursa Major (04/22/01)
Telescope Performance Calculating Eyepiece FOV (03/15/04) Telescope Balancing (02/16/03) Cold Weather Performance (01/31/03) Magnification (02/10/01) Resolving Power (02/10/01) Seeing Conditions and Transparency (09/30/07) Star Testing Your Telescope (02/5/01) Limiting Magnitude Charts (02/5/01) What to Expect from Your Small Telescope? (01/01/01)	Miscellaneous Determining Sky Limiting Magnitude (04/30/09) Observatory Temperature Control (02/09/09) Starhopping Guide (and much more) (text, PDF) (09/04/05) Brian King's NGC objects list (MS Word) (01/15/04) High Temperature Warning (08/07/01) Eyepiece Selection Guide (04/13/01) Using Setting Circles (03/25/01) Astronomical Events in 2001 (03/25/01) Getting Started in Astrophotography (03/15/01) The Eye in Observational Astronomy (02/13/01) ETX-90 and ETX-125 Field References (01/19/01)

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